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Old Oct 23, 2023, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by NP_Complete View Post
I get that with my logical brain, but it still makes my emotional brain hurt like hell. I think I also heavily doubt I'm going to find that other support.

Yeah, I get it. My T has said a few times that his general goal as a therapist is "to work myself out of a job." He happened to mention it again recently (not in relation to me specifically), and I joked that he must think he's not doing a very good job with me then, as it's been 6 years now. But he said it's different for different people.

I wonder in this case if your T is concerned that he's not helping you enough? Also that he can't always be there and can't always give you what you need, so he wants to make sure you have other resources? But he shouldn't decide unilaterally to pull away support unless and until you have other people or things (like activities) in place.
Thanks for this!
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