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Originally Posted by growlycat
To make things worse, he pulled valentines candy out of a drawer, we are not talking a red shaped box but the kind of treats you might get as a kid in school.
He said talk about creepy, a patient gave it to him.
Ok now I’m mad. If this were a psychodynamicly trained therapist he would have recognized that this patient was unconciously or consciously expressing warm feelings towards him It doesn’t necessary mean sexual or romantic feelings. And if so, so what. Therapy dredges up crazy feelings. That’s what it does. I felt sad and angry for that patient. Kashi is trying to get me to laugh along with him? F@@@ you granola boy.
I said to him well that could have been me. Valentines has not been a romantic holiday for me in some time. It generally involves giving candy to friends family and we exchange the kid variety at work. Kashi said he asked the lady what it meant to give him the candy? He said that she said it was just from work and thought he might like it. How hurt and humiliated did this poor lady feel? Maybe she did not think it through that it could be taken romantically.
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Wow, that would discombobulate me, if my T did that. It is like he is teaming up with you against another patient, but instead of making you feel special, it just makes you wonder if underneath his caring is contempt generally . The lobby where I work has a huge bowl of valentines hearts , candy necklaces etc- it seems kind of like a tiny gesture bc the session fell on a holiday. I really like your response- to differentiate and stay with what you did really think( and I would have too).
Kashi does seem to extra care about you- I bet he just needed a friend today, and had a tiny lapse from his therapist role bc he has a bond with you.