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Originally Posted by IndestructibleGirl
I have to say, that all sounds like my idea of an utter nightmare! Reading kid's books to you? Colouring?! Did you have any adult discussion at all? And what did the other one do who got upset at you when you started responding as a child? Was she not expecting it?  Were you okay, or really muddled for a time after all this?
I admire your grit at continuing therapy, and am so pleased you have found a saner one now!  |
I actually had a lot of adult interaction with the one who read me kid books and colored with me. The books and coloring came in when I was so upset I couldn't talk. It was a method of soothing and it worked really well. The one who actively tried to reparent me and told me that I should call her and text her all the time and became upset when I did respond as a child would with emotions I needed help with, well, she really messed me up. She ended up telling me that I was not her child and I was not able to do the work to heal. We ended up terminating with each other and I went on to find the next therapist who teaches me how to take care of parts of myself that need to be taken care of. We had to do lots of therapy around my last therapeutic relationship and also around how that relationship impacts our therapeutic relationship.