I think they all know to some extent, more or less depending on their own experiences of being in therapy and how they relate to clients. My former T for example told me I could e-mail her or even call her if "something happened" during a break we had due to finances.
But as they all have (most always anyway) several clients they canīt think about the impact they have on each client to the same extent as clients think about their T:s. I think itīs important to tell a T if you feel left out or "forgotten" during longer breaks in therapy. Iīd ask him or her if it was OK to e-mail him/her and if his/her policy is to answer to such e-mails. Perhaps you could pay a little for such services.
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Originally Posted by JaneC
I am lying here thinking about how I am missing having my therapist for support during this long break........and wondering if it is even worth going back. Then realising I felt the same way in the last 3 week break (which not too long before this break anyway)....I began to see just how much of an impact therapy and my therapist have on my life.
Not always positively either!! I do not like this feeling of missing someone who is not even a part of my regular life and will inevitably not be a part of it in the future!
I struggle to hold on to knowing the benefit of therapy to me during the break..........and at the same time have a deep need to hold on to it because it supports me and my growth in a way that nothing or noone else ever has.
Do you think that therapists are even aware of the depth of the part they play or the impact they have in our lives? Both good and not so good as it may be???? DO THEY EVEN!!??
I've a good mind to demand an answer to that question from mine! And a proper answer too.
What do you think? Do they know?
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