Does your therapist touch you?

Sugarhorse,

You are so perceptive! What you explained is exactly what happened to me. I craved his touch so much and the minute he offered it I moved onto the couch with him and never once sat alone across the room. This was great for awhile but both of us wanted more and more touch and it got to the point that we were wanting to be friends outside of the office and we got on facebook together and things really got sexual. But in the end, he was married and so was I and there was no way for us to be together. We both craved the touch, and more intimate types of touch. But, I decided to cut the relationship off cold turkey because I felt so much pain outside of sessions because I couldn't be with him. I would recommend never getting into a physical relationship with your T. You are 100% right - I never learned to self soothe in those 10 years. When I was in his office I felt amazing, but the second I realized I had to leave and my session was up was pure hell until the next time I could see him for "my fix." He began to feel like a drug to me.

I have made a Yahoo Group for further discussion of this topic. Feel free to join. So far, I'm the only member, but I'm going to try to get the word out. 100% anonymous participation. If you feel you've been exploited in any way by a helping professional (therapist, doctor, teacher, etc) please feel free to join.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/professional_exploitation/

Good stuff BM!