Couch 136: Transference Welcome!

Is Jersey around?

I'm pretty sure No. 2 just pulled the same trick on me that your XT did to you. I called her a week ago to ask for a termination session for closure, left a voicemail, didn't hear back. Today I came home to a notice of a certified letter from her waiting at the local PO. It can only be a termination letter. More than six months afterwards?!

I swear this must be a page in the therapist handbook: when a client you know you've wronged asks for closure, either ignore them or send them a termination letter, thus reopening the wounds you caused.

Oh well, she just guaranteed herself a complaint.

What the heck is wrong with these t's?!

I am joining the slumber party and attempted anyway to paint my nails. The stubby things that pass for nails on my hands, that is. Which looking at this picture I see are very ugly. Would getting an actual manicure help with how ugly my hands are?! No wonder my h never wants to hold my hand.

Is Jersey around?

I'm pretty sure No. 2 just pulled the same trick on me that your XT did to you. I called her a week ago to ask for a termination session for closure, left a voicemail, didn't hear back. Today I came home to a notice of a certified letter from her waiting at the local PO. It can only be a termination letter. More than six months afterwards?!

I swear this must be a page in the therapist handbook: when a client you know you've wronged asks for closure, either ignore them or send them a termination letter, thus reopening the wounds you caused.

Oh well, she just guaranteed herself a complaint.

Is Jersey around?

I'm pretty sure No. 2 just pulled the same trick on me that your XT did to you. I called her a week ago to ask for a termination session for closure, left a voicemail, didn't hear back. Today I came home to a notice of a certified letter from her waiting at the local PO. It can only be a termination letter. More than six months afterwards?!

I swear this must be a page in the therapist handbook: when a client you know you've wronged asks for closure, either ignore them or send them a termination letter, thus reopening the wounds you caused.

Oh well, she just guaranteed herself a complaint.

Hooray! I love that you've joined me with the nails, Art! ...and pink too! For what it's worth, I don't think your hands are ugly at all (and I hate my bony, wonky fingers...)

I have some sparkly yellow too, somewhere, but the pink is what i found first! surprised it wasn't all dried up cuz i hardly ever use it lol

They don't like being reminded they are human and make mistakes that cause damage?

Even my T, whom I consider to be generally very good has shown signs of this when I have discussed the impact of T1 on me. Like it was hard for him to hear how much T1 hurt me because it reminded him of the power he has to damage his clients. I had to have a word with him, and while he was apologetic, I told him this is what I call the us and them attitude of the profession.
It frustrates me so much and I have promised myself I will never be that way.

I think I might be losing faith in therapy. This isn't doing me any good, really, is it?

Good! Yeah, it's gotten good response on Facebook, so thought I'd share it here, too.

I had my first gel manicure a week ago, and so far I am not very impressed with how well it is holding up. Already one chip and maybe my nails just grow fast? Idk. My cousin had hers done at the same place by the same person a few days before I had mine; I will be seeing her at a family dinner tomorrow & I am curious how well hers have held up as opposed to mine. Anyway, here was what they looked like freshly manicured (holy crap, I have dry hands, b/c I wash them a billion times a day):

How is your attachment?

hope you're doing ok echos. saw your T didn't reply (yet?)

WARNING: If you care about your anonymity, it is not a good idea to post the same picture here as on facebook. Google has an image search feature.

Undergarments but they have Been Unalised are now undergotchies apologises to the person who does not like this term

Really? Yikes, thanks!

Though if I have my FB so that only my friends can see my posts, it should be OK, right? Like non-friends can see my profile pic and...whatever that pic is called at the top, but this isn't my profile pic.

It means that if one of your facebook friends wanted to (and I very much doubt that they ever would, but it's worth knowing if you want your posts here to be totally anonymous) they could use google to find out where else you had posted the photo on the internet, and it would lead them here.