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Old Jan 30, 2018, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight View Post
Lately, I've felt like T has been very supportive and caring. Today he just...wasn't. I don't know if he was distracted or what, but he had his arms crossed most of the session (he never sits like that except for a minute) and just didn't seem to be picking up my need for support today. Instead, it felt like he was conducting a marriage counseling session, but with just me. I know the role of a T isn't just to support. But when I'm sitting there sobbing, asking for ways to stop having so much self-loathing...I feel like it should have been obvious I wanted something other than what he was giving me...And I only got a "See you next week" when we parted. Had to fight back tears (only moderately successfully) as I got on elevator--one good thing about MC/ex-T's office is that you can get out of there pretty quickly.
This is just a wild hunch, but if you were talking about the issue around income disparity with your husband, it could be that your therapist was in cbt fix it mode (or, fix your thinking/behavior--hard to tell without content here), not warm and fuzzy comfort the client mode.
Thanks for this!
LonesomeTonight