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Old Nov 17, 2018, 12:30 PM
ArtleyWilkins ArtleyWilkins is offline
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Originally Posted by DP_2017 View Post
I know he cares, FOR NOW.... but my point was that generally therapists don't care when clients leave, it's the clients choice and they find new people for their slots. It's not like he would care really if I leave, it wont effect him, he would probably have my slot filled within a week. That's what I mean, I am very well aware of the harsh crap reality of this relationship
It’s not that they stop caring once a client leaves, but their caring is of course tied to their professional capacity in our lives. They may still think of a former client fondly, etc., but without us working with them regularly, they move on. But most healthy relationships are in reality that way. I have old friends that I was absolutely attached at the hip to at one point, but we moved on for various reasons. We still care, but we don’t have that same interaction or relationship anymore. It’s not necessarily a light switch that gets turned off. More like a dimmer switch or maybe the color of the bulb has been changed.
Thanks for this!
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