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Originally Posted by notme9
Thanks EM for the support. She did respond. But I still don't think she fully addressed what I wanted her to (missed it or deliberately skipped it?). So, I took your advice and have emailed her back for clarification. This time it's quite direct: I need this, and if you can't give it to me, I don't want to be in therapy any more. So now it's wait and see time. Again.
I know she's really professional and will try to do the right thing. And I know she has gone out of her way for me (like emailing in the first place, and emailing during her break at all). But if at the end of the day, she can't say what I need her to say, then I don't see the point of continuing. Maybe it's a good wake-up call so that I can move on and put all this energy somewhere else in my life.
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I really hope she gives you what you need. You are being brave to be direct and ask for it.
I think one of the hard things about e-mail is how slow the back and forth process is. T and I have talked about this. If we are sitting in the room together, and he doesn't give me what I need, I can tell him, and he can explain why, and I can tell him how that makes me feel, and he can respond, and we can usually work our way to a point where we understand each other and both feel okay about whatever it is that is going on.
For some reason (projection??) I am feeling anxious about you basing the continuation of your therapy on this one e-mail. In my experience, e-mail is not the best form of communication with T. Your experience may be totally different, though....
I hope your T comes through for you
