Taking someone to see T

I think I've asked this before, but it has become relevant again.

T has suggested me bringing H to a session. It hasn't happened yet and I'm not sure if it will.

I refrained from answering... I don't think I would be a good one to reply... I might like to go to a session with my H but I don't want my H coming to my sessions.

The guy I am dating wants to come with me so he can ask my T "how to talk to me." This came up at lunch today, and I almost spit out my drink.
My T would tell him to stop thinking he is right all the damn time and to listen to me for once...maybe he should come. What a freaking joke.
I did say, "Um, I think you might need to at least be my boyfriend first." And he said he had questions about how to approach that, too. Dude, it's called, maybe get your own T. Mine isn't a helpline.

I took my H to see T. You know how that turned out.

No way. I see a therapist because I don't want to tell the people in my life this stuff.

At least he's interested.

Have you mentioned this to your wife? What does she think?

I have visited several of my wife's t's and pdocs. It went well. I don't think I could take her to see my old PDOC because of the transference.

Be somewhat appreciative, my T would love my H to come in and learn how to support me but my H has no interest.

I want the therapy space to myself, it would feel really invasive to have anyone in my safe spot.

Took H to see my T.

Kept T. Losing H.

Bye-bye H.

My mother came in once, and it was helpful. I felt able to confront her with things that I wouldn't have felt comfortable doing without T.

Also, I take my cousin to see my T--on her own without me. She lives my T (her T) now too! It's fun having someone I can talk too about T who knows what she's like and how great she is!

I was in a really bad place and I couldn't see my T for a little while. One of my friends found out and took me to see her T in place of her. She stayed with me to help me talk. It was okay. I was worried that I was overwhelming her a little.

This is how I feel about it as well. I have had nightmares about other people being in T's office when I was there. It would not be beneficial for me - although I know that it can be for others.

H does not know I'm in therapy in any case, though I have a couple of close friends who know. I would not want them there, either.

Yeah I took my H to T just 2 weeks a go and I was dreading it but it turned okay even though I squirmed a few times, I now find that he understand me more.

It sounds like it, right? But I think he wants to be told by a professional that he is "right"...I told him more than I should have (apparently) re: my therapy and he ripped it/me apart. So my T and I no longer deem him "safe" for me to have such discussions with. And my T really did say he needs to lay off being opinionated and listen to me...

I responded above...I believe his interest to be more about being "right."

I agree though...I would feel VERY invaded.

She doesn't want to go but she will because I've asked her to.

In the beginning of therapy my T suggested to bring my mum with- he realized how badly we communicate and thought working on that would help me. I said no- I need my T to be mine alone, absolutely separated from my real life and honestly, it just wouldn't work (I love my mum, she loves me but we can't talk about our feelings/problems... even my T after 6yrs of therapy thinks the best we can do is leave our RS the way it is)

Come to think of it I did bring my dog few times and hated it. Couldn't concentrate...

The first therapist I ever saw kept wanting me to bring my mother in to an appointment when my mother would come to visit. I thought this would be a disastrous situation and I never did.

The second therapist wanted me to bring in the partner I was breaking up with and so the partner wanted to go and we tried it twice. I think the therapist wanted to do both individual therapy and couple's therapy - we declined and I only saw her for about 3-4 months (she was famed for wanting to do that with everyone who hired her and had the same thing she told all the others I know that saw her= a lot of people I know revolved in and out of therapy with her). It was not as disastrous as it might have been, but it was not useful to either of us. We still laugh about it (no longer lovers but very close friends).

One of my friends wants us to have a session with my T but I am reluctant to give up one of my individual sessions for it.

It's asked why would anyone want someone to come with them to see their therapist. For me, there were a few reasons. I haven't thought about those reasons much but I wanted my gf and my T to meet each other. I talk about my T a lot to my gf and likewise about my gf to my T. I love them both and thought it would be great if they could meet each other.

I try to be as honest and authentic as possible with my gf so we try not to have any secrets. We practice as well as we can what we each learn in therapy.

I have also met her therapist and it was great. The few times we've done this, we use the opportunity to talk about some difficult stuff going on between the two of us. So maybe it could be considered a short form of couples counseling.

She's only come twice with me to my T and I've visited her T with her 4 times. Each session has been very pleasant and very useful.

I brought my H, and my older children a few times. It was extremely helpful to all of us. I learned that I can trust them and rely on them when things get bad. It's proved to be one of my better choices.

ETA: I would never bring a member of my FOO. Never. They are not reliable nor are they supportive.