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Old Aug 20, 2017, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by growlycat View Post
I had my Saturday session with Kashi and as he was packing up to leave (we walk downstairs together as I am his last patient) he wondered about bringing his rather substantial first aid kit. He explained that he keeps it in his office because he works with people who self harm by cutting.

He will ask his patients to see the wounds and then offer to dress them properly. That is amazingly sweet and compassionate. He says some people won't go to the dr for it but don't dress the wound properly (one guy had made a cast like structure on his arm with no air getting at the wounds).

It paints a very tender and caring picture. I can see him gently taking care of his most vulnerable patients this way. I am wondering if that is common for a t to offer to bandage sh injuries? He is sure to advise them to see a dr too.

I am ashamed that it crossed my mind to SH to get that kind of care too. I have not been s person who self harms but I toyed with it in my teens. Feeling like a bad person for being jealous. No one wants to be in such pain that sh helps.
I would doubt that this is common; in fact, it's surprising to hear that any therapist would do that. I don't think I would be jealous over this particular act by a therapist--maybe because I just can't see my therapist doing that for her clients who sh--but I do understand what you mean about wanting the caring. It would be hard to find out that my therapist, for example, is extra caring with other clients. In your case, Kashi seems to find ways to make his clients feel cared about in individual ways, so with you he hugs and does check in calls. That's quite something. Mine tells me to hug myself (I have never asked her for one, so the fact that she volunteers this feels kind of humiliating, like pre-emptive rejection.)
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