When your therapist makes a mistake, such as forgetting an appointment or not being fully present for your session, do you call them out on it? What if it keeps happening?
What if, whenever you get up the courage to say "that hurt me" or "this feels different than it was before" they apologize, dismiss it, or say they have a lot going on in their life, then move on without making sure you're ready to move on too?
Does that make you feel better? It doesn't make me feel better. Should it?
I'm always left feeling a little ashamed that I admitted to being hurt in the first place and reluctant to show my T that I care at all for a while after. Even though I do care about her.
I'm at a loss for how to resolve this kind of thing other than to suck it up and try to forget about it. I did that the first few times, but now I'm at a point where I'm starting to feel like she's just going to keep doing this and either she doesn't care that it hurts me, does care and it's hard for her to talk about, or has no clue that it bothers me.
What would resolve that situation for you?
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