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Originally Posted by Ididitmyway
This is a classic scenario when the therapist has a rescuer complex and heroically stays on the mission of rescuing the client when not doing so would benefit the client much more as well as spare the therapist much stress. Nothing good comes from the attempts to rescue people. The desire to rescue someone is usually ego-driven. It doesn't come from compassion.
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I think she was 2 parts Rescuer and 1 part Narcissist. As to the Rescuer type, this sums up my T well: "Her motivation is pure, and Rescuers are typically good people at heart, but, unfortunately, they are blind to the harm they do."
And the Narcissist part meant she loved the transference and worship and the dependence. But when she finally had to throw in the towel, and I lost my mind because of the traumatic termination and began saying pointed things, she became hostile and defensive. Feel a bit bad for her, though she got off pretty easily...