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Originally Posted by Out There
It's almost impossible to impose boundaries on normal human caring , like it's something that can't happen in therapy and the T is doing something wrong if the client feels it. But my T's both say you have to be careful not to turn the client into your T. And they do have their own resources for their stuff , but we aren't there for them and it makes the relationship unique. I used to ask my T how he was ( like you do ) but then thought he would say he was OK whether he was or not so I stopped. So many of us have been caretakers for others , often at the expense of our own feelings and needs , so it's difficult I know.
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I know, I feel the same, sometimes he will text or email with me and just a conversation starter sometimes I'll say how you doing or how is it going? It usually is always "good or great" which I highly doubt, I know he went through a huge life change recently and when I even asked about it, expecting no real answer, he went into a lot of detail... yet here I am, not supposed to care.... sigh....
We do hug every session but that's for my benefit, however I suppose I can somehow think maybe it helps him too somedays