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Originally Posted by Summer Daze
Things with T have taken a turn for the worse. There has been over sharing of personal information with me, such as discussions of the past and present including details of T's personal life. There has been opening up to me on T's end and showing vulnerability. There has been gifts, touching (not sexual), and admitting of feelings from T's end. Not to go into too much detail, these admissions included admitting T cares about me (which would be fine if it wasn't in the context of its different with you than with everyone else), admitting an attraction without directly saying T is attracted to me (i.e. You're very attractive, beautiful, hot and making comments like that without saying directly "I'm attracted to you"), and showing visible anger when telling him things during session (he seems to get protective over me). I know I've posted something about this before but it's getting a little intense for me and I don't find it fair. I feel like I'm being sent mixed signals and I'm just very confused. Is there ANYWAY I could be misconstruing these things? I do not wish for a romantic relationship with T, even if he wasn't my T. I am in a committed relationship that I do not wish to ruin. The reason for my anger is that I shared personal, intimate things in sessions and allowed myself to become vulnerable which is a huge issue of mine that I am attempting to work out in therapy. I feel a connection with T but I wonder if it is just the well known and very common phenomenon that's defined as "transference" or if it's genuine. There's no way of me knowing and all these little things being done or said are driving me up the wall because I don't really feel like this is fair to me. Sorry if I'm going off on a tangent. My question basically is am I overreacting here? Or do I have alright to be a little perturbed? Is this something I should be upset over/distracted by or should I just push it down and out of my mind? I really need to know if I sound delusional or if I'm reading this correctly? I'm driving myself crazy over it and I really want to just move on from this. I'm not sure what the laws are in Florida about this (which is where I live and see T) but I know ethical boundaries should still be in place.
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Have you tried telling him what is bothering you about his conduct? Maybe he's trying to help you - albeit in a completely screwed up way - learn to draw boundaries?
My suggestion - and it might take a little bit of courage to do so - is call him out on his nonsense. For instance, the next time he tries to give you a gift, don't take it and express you feel it's inappropriate.I would also run this guys tags; and by that I mean I would check out your state's licensing board for therapist to see if he is currently on probation.
Keep us posted. All the best!
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