[inkblot]

I leave so so many voice mails for my T sometimes, and I love him as a T--he's great. The office staff is really nice, too. I'd love to give my T (and office staff, to share) a gift, something nice, or different. I've also considered a gift card for his phone because of me leaving messages.

I came across something online, but I am undecided about it. It concerns Freud. And personally, I hate Freud! He had *some* good ideas, in my humble opinion, but after that... Well, we all know what Freud was concerned with and that kinda decreases his ratings with me. Still since he is "the father of psychiatry" and he did have a few good ideas, I kind of enjoy a gift like this.

Do you think this is a good/funny gift for a T's office? Or do you think it's a funny/stupid one? I am undecided--I think both. Tickle Me Freud

[LMo]

You know your T better than we would -- hard to say. Mine seems to like soothing things, like zen gardens and candles, etc.

[silver_queen]

Seems ok if your t likes that kind of stuff. I first read it as 'Fred' a nd wondered who he was, lol.

great site and some wonderful meditation/self hypnosis and mood jewelry. I will be going back to look more....

As for the gift. any therapist that I have had enjoyed getting more personal things over the textbook buy an item - if you draw add one of your therapist favorite sayings to the one that is his or her favorite that they have sceen and frame it for display. alot of therapy offices that I have been in have arework or writings that were gifts from past or present clients. wite a paragrah or poem that says how you feel about them, frame one of your therapists favorite peoms wrote by you. if you are into crafts make something that has meaning for you and your therapist.

Some therapy agencies have a gratutiy or something like that ethics rule where anything given to the therapist by the client must be returned to the client or considered agency property so you might want to find out first if the gift you give her can be considered hers or or the agencies. Quite a few of my therapists had to leave my gifts there in the agencies unless I gave them the gift after they were no longer considered my therapists.

[radio_flyer]

I would take my old T cherry tomatoes from my garden and put them in a decorated basket I had made. He loved it. Took him a pumpkin once with a funny face carved in it.. I wrote something for him. I think it was a poem or something and he put it on display in his office.. Odd thing is I have no memory of what I wrote, but whatever it was he liked it.. I prob should of kept some of the stuff I'd write, but somehow they'd always be trashed or lost... But anyway the T appreciated most anything given in kindness....

[radio_flyer]

I just remembered in the summer when it was soooooooooo hot, I'd take slurpees for everyone in group......And once I took a pizza for the group too....

[jbug]

When my Pdoc left the clinic I made him a thank you card. I have also gone to those paint your own pottery places and done a couple of plates I gave one to my pdoc and one to my favorite crisis T. I have given a former T the book the Velveteen Rabbit when he left and wrote a little something in the front of the book. I give my current T a little something at Christmas. I don't remember what I gave him this year I think t was something Spongebob because he likes Spongebob.

Jbug