My old T of 13 years died in a boating accident about 4 years ago. I went without a T for 3 years. I decided to find a new T, and I went to his old group and found a new one. We've been getting along great.
So last session she says to me "How did you handle Dr. Smith's death?" I told her I was shocked but the funeral service was lovely and I missed him but that we had done a lot of good work together, etc.
Well, she proceeds to totally DUMP on me all of her feelings about his death. How close they were and her desperate panic at him being gone and blah, blah. It made me feel incredibly awkward. I had no idea what to say.
I miss him too but it has been 4 years.
I don't want to leave her over this, but she seemed kind of unstable.
What do you think?