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Old Sep 14, 2018, 09:22 AM
SarahSweden SarahSweden is offline
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Thanks for your support.


During July and a part of August I didnīt see my T because she was on vacation. There havenīt been any open conflicts and Iīve been to every session after we started again after her vacation.


I appreciate youīre going to read my earlier posts.


Yes, there was some negative transference if you mean me feeling a bit abandoned during her vacation and also doubting if she could really help me with my issues. But there was no aggressive or angry manner towards her.


I think itīs hard to define if there was a proper bond, I felt it was based on my trust issues in general and that we had rewarding sessions. As late as before her vacation she told me she saw progress and that she wouldnīt continue if there wasnīt progress. Now just a few sessions she ends it.

She didnīt say anything about what her supervisor actually said but I have a theory around this whole situation:


She gets me attached by being very warm, sometimes offering me hugs. She gets moved by my story and my issues and shows compassion. When she takes a vacation I feel a bit abandoned and afraid she will leave me.


I tell her this and she feels she canīt handle Iīve gotten close to her and ends it. She lies and suddenly says she canīt do anything more which most therapy clients know is just a bad excuse for something else. (Unless there is a planned termination where both therapist and client comes to the conclusion that itīs time to end therapy.)

Now I donīt want to continue with her even if I answered her e-mail and said my intention wasnīt to end therapy but to tell her how I felt and talk that through. I asked her if there is a possibility we can find a way forward. But that was mostly for myself to know Iīve tried.


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Originally Posted by SalingerEsme View Post
I am so sorry, and I would feel the same way if my T M sent me that email. I would be disoriented and crushed.

Will you say more about the last 3 months- maybe list some of the conflicts? I will go back too and read your posts.

In general my first impression from remembering your posts is that you do have a negative transference or a general conflicted feeling about this T that runs deep? Do you think the bond didn't form properly, and you know that down deep and the T was told that too by her supervisor? Do you actually want to continue with her?
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