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Originally Posted by comrademoomoo
This is an interesting question I think, not just regarding your responses, but regarding his too. It seems to me that he does a fair amount of bashing you over the head for what you aren't. Your descriptions of his rules (distinct from his boundaries); your unmet needs; his lack of emotional and theoretical understanding, all remind me of a parent yelling at a child when they are crying and in pain. It seems to me that he wants you to be a different client in a similar way to the times when you want him to be a different therapist.
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I think it's partially because he doesn't embrace or acknowledge the "child" side of LT. He only views and communicates with the "adult" LT, so he's not meeting her where she's at. Probably also why LT has a push/pull relationship with him.