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Old Mar 09, 2015, 05:14 PM
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Truthfully, you have the ability to walk away if you want to. That is absolutely your right. At the same time, I think it's worth considering your T's perspective and having a conversation about it. Maybe she handled it rightly maybe she didn't. I honestly can't say because I have complex thoughts on the therapeutic relationship - that is, to some extent, we go to these professionals to help teach us how to stand on our own with the crap life has thrown at us.

Nothing in life is constant. Ever. You can certainly interpret it that she reeled you in and changed the rules (bait and switch) or you can also interpret it that she has been helping you stand on your own and now thinks you can stand. And yeah, it might hurt because change requires something from within and damn if the light doesn't hurt our eyes.

If you really think she's hurting you, if you really think you can't deal with not having your therapist touch you, then okay, you can walk away. But then I think maybe you miss finding out how strong you are and how far you've come. Only you can answer that for yourself.

I recently read in a book, "We are always more afraid than we wish to be but we can always be braver than we expect."
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