I think the main thing in my asking this is that I imagine there are some T's who can go in and do their job but then go home and fall apart.

I don't think my T is like that at all, but how do I really know seeing her an hour, or as some say, they see thier's a couple hours a week, that doesn't show us a whole lot.

I am sure that some of us on this board are very good at being professional in our work. I mean no one is school knows what I go through and when I am working at the hospital I only hear wonderful comments on how well I do, and how great I interact with the patients ect. That I am really great at communicator.

I do it because I want to help people even if I don't feel good at the time, it's like I can put myself off and focus on them. Maybe a defense mechanism but it works dang good ......Yet, I get to therapy and I can barely talk to my T half the time.

Now I am in no way saying this to make us doubt our T, because obviously they are doing a great job helping us. I say it more because I know there are times where we would love to be with our T more ect.....but in reality if we got to know them as friends, it may not be as rosy as we think LOL... Knowing her outside of therapy could crush that because after all she is human. If I did know her outside, I would certainly accept her imperfections just as I would my friends. But for now, I'd certainly like to stick to the mental picture I have of her

I just thought it would be interesting to hear people's thoughts about the subject, how they felt about it