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Originally Posted by rainbow8
Yeah, I feel like I'm renting a friend sometimes too! It's pathetic! I pay $100 a week for that. But my T is there for me in ways friends are not, and I know she cares. I do mean something to her! She wouldn't lie about it. But she cares because I'm her job. She once said we wouldn't know each other if she weren't my T. That's obvious, I know. I always remember what my first T said about our relationship. It's different from friendship or any other relationship, but different does not make it LESS! Still, the whole situation sucks, I agree!!
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I agree. I pay $90 a week and sometimes I think that I can make better use of that money. It’s a great thing that your T cares the way she does. I’m not open with my friends. There are certain things I could speak to my friends about and not my T. My friends are more down to earth. Then there are things I could speak to my T about but not my friends. Some sessions seem pointless and like we haven’t covered anything essential. Other sessions are more substantial. She looks at her phone at times during sessions which still annoys me. So her boundaries are strange. It’s like we are laid back that she feels like she can look at her phone and scroll through it but she sets other boundaries that make it really client/therapist like. Then the $90 in cash come into play. It’s not like I’m paying through insurance and I’m not Sure if this is meeting my expectations. I guess boundaries are set by her and she rolls depending on how comfortable or how able she feels. It somewhat sucks as a client. This relationship becomes way to complicated.