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Old Feb 29, 2016, 11:20 AM
AncientMelody AncientMelody is offline
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I don't think saying goodbye versus not saying goodbye is something that would really register for me so I don't have a good answer for you. But then I overanalyze many social situations so I can understand the stress you have from worrying
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Old Feb 29, 2016, 02:32 PM
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Thanks. Yes, thatŽs how it is for me, I feel hurt and it also makes me puzzled as she a couple of times has followed me to the door. What was that then? A bit of a better mood during that day? Hard to understand.

As she just loses when behaving like this I feel I get as ignorant as her, I "pay back" with the same attitude. For several times now IŽve although she has behaved in this cold or odd way, I have said goodbye, thanked her for the session and so on.

As I know many T:s are more caring and more sensitive to these things I donŽt want to give her instructions. If she thinks sheŽll get somewhere by acting like this, fine. SheŽs working within public health care and by that it isnŽt that easy for her to just drop my case.

I have really shown interest in this therapy, IŽve been cooperative with details from my life and so on. IŽll reply in the same way as she does.

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My therapist always walks me to the door, opens it and says goodbye or see you next week. (I don't thank her because why on earth would I thank her for doing her job?)
If she suddenly walked toward her desk and turned her back to me in silence, I would feel hurt. I would interpret it as the therapist being annoyed or fed up with me. So I completely understand where you're coming from.
It's also pretty rude. You're right that you shouldn't have to ask her to do a pretty obvious thing (saying goodbye). Still how is she going to know that it's upsetting and hurting you if you don't tell her? Talk to her. Mention how it makes you feel. If she's a good therapist she'll listen.
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Old Feb 29, 2016, 02:36 PM
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Thanks. To me a T has to be consistent or else it shows a caring gesture wasnŽt actually caring if he/she the next time just ignores being caring. As for example, one time follow a client to the door and next without reason he/she doesnŽt.

I could understand if the session brought some arguments and then you donŽt feel you want to be caring. But if the session just passes like a "normal" one, then a T should have a routine to close a session in a good way.

Even if he/she feels a bit down it isnŽt that demanding to take 30 secs to follow a client to the door and say goodbye in a nice way.

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Sometimes my T walks me to the door, sometimes she goes down the corridor back to the waiting room with me, and sometimes she just sits at her desk and turns away from me.

I guess it depends on how caring she feels on a given day.
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Old Feb 29, 2016, 02:44 PM
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Do you plan to talk to your therapist about this issue? This is a good opportunity to communicate something you would like to see to your therapist.
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Old Feb 29, 2016, 03:13 PM
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I don't believe you have to be critical. Next time you could say "I like when you walk me to the door, feels more caring" I know feeling critical is hard for you.
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Old Feb 29, 2016, 03:17 PM
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...As she just loses when behaving like this I feel I get as ignorant as her, I "pay back" with the same attitude...

...If she thinks sheŽll get somewhere by acting like this, fine...

...IŽll reply in the same way as she does...
Its like you're expecting the worst from her, so you are going to give her YOUR worst. Why would you let someone else, who you know so slightly, change how you choose to act?

I can understand it if someone was trying to kill you, you might need to kill them to defend yourself. But otherwise, if you personally always have good manners, why would you stop having good manners just because somebody else is rude? Good manners would mean to handle the incident with good manners - like to ignore it if someone farts. You wouldnt make a big scene!

Okay, people who know me are probably saying... really, una?? like i wouldnt giggle....
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