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Originally Posted by phoneboothghost
Thank you, @ CANDC, for your welcome. While my therapist and I had a close relationship, I wouldn’t consider him a best friend or like a relative. Our therapeutic relationship was completely professional. Still, I can see what you mean. Even while professional and boundaried, a decade-long therapeutic relationship with a therapist who uses a relational, interpersonal approach is an intimate one. There is real and genuine grief for both of us. |
I'm very sorry for this loss, too. Any sort of close relationship lasting that long could be difficult to lose, professional or more personal.
It's good you're planning to see another therapist (as you mentioned in another post). I had a rather complicated loss of a previous therapeutic relationship (marriage counselor, actually--"ex-MC" if you read on here often) some time ago, and my current therapist was a support in getting through and processing that loss.
And welcome to the Couch!