I am so glad there are at least a couple of other people here who don't mind that their T has other clients. I was starting to feel really aberrant! I actually really like that my T has other clients. I feel a part of his "community of clients." I like to envision all the many people he has helped--this reflects well on him and gives me confidence in his abilities to help me and all of humankind (said with just a hint of wryness). The clients I have met, I have really liked talking to. I feel very open to them because we have something so important in common--we both share a relationship with this amazing guy, my T. And if they're like me, they love him, so by some sort of mathematical equation, that must mean we love each other, right? If a loves b and c loves b, then a loves c?

I have especially had long conversations with clients when T has accidentally double booked me with someone else. These people have been very nice. I especially liked one women with big eyes, kind of cute and chipmunk like. She and I "fought" over who wouldn't get to see T that day because it turns out both of us were dreading our session! Ever since then, when I see her, we smile or talk. She's a sweetie. I also like seeing the diversity of clients, sometimes solo women or men, sometimes couples, sometimes whole families or different combinations--a man and his son, etc. I remember one of the first times my husband and I did couples therapy, after us there was a crowd in the waiting room, 3 generations of a family, what a gaggle! I loved that, thought it showcased to my H my therapist at his best.

I had a dream once that T was doing therapy out of a room in his home rather than at an office, and I had to go there for my session. There was a big party scheduled there for all of T's clients, past and present. I joined in this party and had a great time. I loved seeing all of his clients, all of his successes. I remember they were all happy, well-adjusted people, and that gave me hope that one day I would be happy too.

One time T told me he was thinking of buying a special house just for therapy and he said this little house had separate entrances for arriving and departing clients. I thought, "huh, that would not be good, because then I wouldn't get to see your clients!"