
Aug 03, 2020, 02:25 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
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Originally Posted by comrademoomoo
In your position, and as painful as this might be, I would be assuming that the substantive part of my work with my therapist had ended. I would hope for some final contact to say goodbye, but it does not look promising for anything more medium/long term. I would revert to self-preservation mode, not always healthy or useful of course. You can have sessions with the new therapist without committing to anything more, see how it sits with you.
I took part in a seminar recently about seduction in therapy - not sexual seduction. How client or therapist can emotionally seduce the other by (un)consciously tapping into the desires or needs of the other. It sounds like the new therapist might have seduced you with her sweet and caring way. I would be interested in exploring that with her, if nothing else.
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Thanks, c. Honestly, since my current therapist was gone for 3 months back when we first began therapy 2 years ago I have felt that my therapy with her is fairly impermanent. Also, she's coming up on 70. She insists she's not going to retire any time soon, but her health might dictate otherwise.
She'll be back before too much longer, I believe- but obviously her health is a very real consideration.
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