Yes, some styles of T can make dependency worse. I ran into a similar issue with an old T. I don’t worry about it with current T. The difference? Old T let the dependency get to where she was feeling resentful or angry towards me... BUT she made it sound like it was because I was too needy. For the record I am still just as needy... current T knows how bad my dependency could potentially get. We got to a point where he was getting a LOT of emails between sessions and it was bothering him as he felt pressured to read them ASAP and respond. We talked about it sand made a couple changes... I can still email as much as I need and he will eventually read them as he has time... maybe before next session, maybe not... depends on his week. He no longer answers all of them. If I need a reply I put in the email that I need a reply and then he replies. He also replies if he feels the need to. The other thing we did was to rank the importance of the email so he knows if it is important it will say so in the subject line. I know these would be harder with the phone but it shows a different way of working it out. IMO the problem is not the dependency but the emotions it creates in the other person that they may not have healthy ways of working through with you.
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