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Old Jun 14, 2018, 03:15 PM
Lrad123 Lrad123 is offline
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Originally Posted by InnerPeace111 View Post
I’ll weigh in here. Obviously, I do not know the whole story and I could be very wrong but here’s my take on the situation: It seems to me like he was very hurt by your angry email message in which you attacked his ability as a therapist. That’s understandable as he is only human and, especially, if deep down he felt parts of your email message were actually true about him. However, instead of working on or managing his anger with himself regarding your email, he took it out on you by letting you know you are an isolated case of a client who emails. He most likely knew in advance that this information (you being the only one who emails) would hurt you...no one wants to feel like an isolated case of anything in an already tough world. It seems like he was trying to get back at you. This could maybe also explain how it was easy for him to be “incredibly nice” to you and especially if he maintained a caring and gentle tone of voice and a high level of attentiveness throughout the session. In short, you both hurt each other. How you both move forward will make all the difference...the words will matter greatly. I wish you all the best.
I really don’t think he was hurt. The reason he told me I was the only one who emails is because I specifically asked. Otherwise I don’t think it would have come up. He hasn’t been defensive about anything at all. In fact when I sent an apology email after my initial angry rant he responded by saying that he definitely felt my anger and upset and distrust of him and that by not telling me how I affected him he would be concerned that he’d be showing that he wasn’t invested or was being dismissive of me. That was via email. Our actual visit was nice and we even laughed a bit when I told him he needs to give his clients a rule book about how to act in therapy.
Thanks for this!
InnerPeace111