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mckell13 said:
My current therapeutic relationship is helping me. It is a real relationship that I am trying to build.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">That sounds so healthy and therapeutic. It sounds like you and your T are doing great.

One thing I think is amazing about therapists is how they are masters at creating the therapeutic relationship. This is truly their expertise (a thought I like so much I use it in my siggy). What a strange thing to be an expert at for your job! My T said to me once, "look at us," and he gestured at him and me, "this is health." Just knowing I could form a close relationship with another human being has been very healing for me, given me hope for the future, reminded me who I am and what I can do. In a miserable marriage like mine that seemed like it would last forever, it is easy to be downtrodden and hopeless. The therapeutic relationship contains within itself inspiration for hope and a better future.