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Old Jan 03, 2016, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by velcro003 View Post

But, I think that this whole boundary thing doesn't have to be a huge deal and seem weird and mysterious. My T is very transparent and seemingly genuine. Just yesterday I left after waiting for 25 minutes (which i've never done), and I was pissed! I could hear her laughing in the room with the client, and it put me over the edge.

She called me when I was walking home and apologized profusely, saying that she mis-read the clock when she looked up at it, and thought she was only a half-hour in instead of an hour and a half. I still think that's a little crazy to lose track of time like that, but she does get very involved when you are in session with her.

Anyway, she apologized, but I was pretty short with her on the phone. I was still mad. She sent me an e-mail after, saying she felt bad, and that in the future she'll set a timer for her sessions. To me, she made a big mistake, but she owned up to it and told me how she'd fix it in the future--much like if you ****ed up with a friend. You'd apologize and figure out a way so it didn't happen again.

Anyway, that was a bit off track.
I think one can both have an apology and still be mad. The feelings of wronged don't immediately and magically dissipate just because of it (they may feel less injured) and I think therapy is a place to tell the therapist how angry or hurt or what it made you. Even if you accept the apology it does not mean one does not get to talk about it -- in my opinion.
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