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Originally Posted by SlumberKitty
I'm not sure I completely understand your question, but I *think* I know where you are coming from. With my former T who was actually T2, I was very attached and I have still very strong feelings of love for her (platonic, not romantic). I think she too tapped into some very young parts of me that didn't get something that was needed from Mom. Mom, btw, had an un-diagnosed MI at that time. I'm not sure if it was transference that I had toward T2 but there were definitely different feelings with that T than I have had with any of the others. It was a very good therapy experience and I wish it hadn't had to come to an end. But maybe it is better because I have had to grow in ways I wasn't growing with her. But I've never loved anyone else like I loved T2. She will forever be special in my heart, and she's the only T that I've discussed some things that happened when I was very little. So I think there may be a connection between that therapy love and early childhood distress, at least in my case. HUGS Kit
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Thanks for that. I think my question is: how come I’m not feeling those intense feelings for this T, yet I feel this great level of acceptance from her, and this kind of ‘allowing’ me to be and do what I like in the session, and I feel like this is affecting my being in my daily life in a good way. How come I felt love for that woman who never seemed to understand a word I said, and who seemed to constantly impose her own way of looking at things on me. It’s nice to hear that you had a good therapy experience and felt strong feelings of love for her.