I believe both my T and marriage counselor care about me, both because they've said so and because I can tell in how they react to things (my T has teared up before when I was telling her something), support they've given me (like outside of session, on the weekends, etc.), etc. I once questioned MC about whether he genuinely cared, saying to him, "I pay you to care." He said, "You can pay me to do my job, but you can't pay me to care." Meaning that, we pay him to be our counselor, but it's his choice to actually care about me (and H). And he's also specifically said "I care about you" and "I genuinely care about you" before. T has said they (her and MC--same practice) were worried about me during this one bad period, and I got the sense that was a personal, not professional, thing (especially since they both talked to me on the phone and texted numerous times that weekend, including late at night once for each of them).
It took me a long time (like a couple years) to truly accept the caring from either of them, though, and I still doubt it at times.
Last edited by LonesomeTonight; Apr 18, 2017 at 01:26 PM.
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