[AllHeart]

Prompted by a thread by AnnieLovesBacon…

- Do you think your t will remember you after therapy ends?

- Do you think your former t’s would remember you if you went back to them or ran into them somewhere in public?

This is simply for fun. Not looking for any sort of analysis on anything.

My first t remembered me when I went back to him a second time after a 7-year hiatus. He also remembered me when we had a brief run-in with each other a couple of years ago (16ish years later).

I was one of only two clients t2 had right before she retired so she might remember me if I were to run into her. If not for the reason of being one of her last clients, I doubt she would have any other notable impression of me to remember me.

T3 will remember me for the rest of her life, guaranteed. Just not in a good way!

Current t, t4, well, I think I'll be forever forgotten before she leaves her office to go home the day of our last session.

[DP_2017]

I believed so until yesterday

Nope. I will be forgotten and replaced just like that. I'll sadly never forget his stupid ***

[Fernwehxx]

I have met Ts like 2 years after, and they remembered me.

My corrent T... Id think she will.

[LesFleursDuMal]

I hope he will because I think being forgotten by someone I trusted so much and told the most secret things about me would be extremely sad. I think he might remember me because I’m one of the rare person he has seen for so long. He told me the average was 6 months, the longest 3 years rarely more and I’ve been seeing him for more than four years for now.

[starfishing]

I think my first therapist would remember me--I saw her for a number of years at a time when I think it was fairly unusual for her to have long-term patients, and I like to think we both made a strong impression on one another.

Most of the ones in the interim, probably not. With the possible exception of a couple with whom things left off on really bad terms, who I suspect might still remember (and dislike) me pretty strongly.

With my current therapist, I suspect he'll remember me, though I also think it will depend on how long I see him for and how things leave off. I hope I end up being memorable in a good way when all is said and done.

[Anne2.0]

My first T contacted me about a professional matter about 10 years after therapy concluded. I figure he did remember me.

[feileacan]

I have seen my T 700+ sessions over the last 4.5 years. I don't think he would be able to forget someone he has seen so many hours unless he will develop dementia.

[atisketatasket]

No. 1 remembers me, because I periodically contacted her in the spring/summer to ask for references, a year-plus after our last session.

DBC remembered me five months after I left her when I wrote to tell her the complaint against Smaug had been dismissed.

I’m pretty sure Smaug will remember me unfavorably. And I’m happy about that.

I asked No. 3 this very question in June when we did formal termination sessions. She said she didn’t think she could possibly forget me. Of course, she probably wishes she could forget me now.

He said he sees me as part of his legacy. We have worked together for a long time and I have learned so much from him. I don't think either of us will forget each other.

[stopdog]

I doubt the therapists will remember me. I went for sort of garden variety issues and I was not adoring of them at all.

[RaineD]

I'm never going to stop seeing him so he won't forget me!

[fille_folle]

My first T, yes, she will remember me. I saw her for 12 years, and I know she hadn't treated anyone with my problem before. Current T, I don't know. I haven't been seeing her very long, and I don't think I'm very unique among the people she's worked with. Then again, I will probably need to see her for quite a while, so who knows.

[atisketatasket]

Originally Posted by stopdog

I doubt the therapists will remember me. I went for sort of garden variety issues and I was not adoring of them at all.

You realize the not being adoring probably makes you memorable to therapists?

The first 2 I saw, no. But current t I am pretty sure yes she will. We've had quite an interesting ride the past 6+ years.

[stopdog]

Originally Posted by atisketatasket

You realize the not being adoring probably makes you memorable to therapists?

I think the woman probably has already blocked all memory of me. Her memory was not good to begin with.

[ruh roh]

I think so. I saw my first therapist around town, more than 20 years later, and she still knew me. I had a naturopath I saw after about a 20 year break and she said, I remember you, but it was said in the same way Seinfeld would say, "Hello, Newman." So...in that case, being remembered isn't always a good thing.

[toomanycats]

- Do you think your t will remember you after therapy ends?

I was just thinking about this the other day. I like to think he'll remember me. Our therapy is bound to take time, and I came to him after trauma involving another therapist. I think that might be memorable.

- Do you think your former t’s would remember you if you went back to them or ran into them somewhere in public?

ExT (S) certainly will.

Interim T (J) I think will - I think I was his first client to be experiencing potential therapeutic abuse from another T. It was a lot for him. I think he'll remember me if for no other reason than that.

Other than that, I don't think so. MAAAYBE Group T for same reason as Interim T.

I saw my ex t after 20years and I had changed my name since then. He kept tripping up on it. He seemed to remember our sessions better than me perhaps?

Current t tells me he still thinks about ex clients.

[Elio]

Originally Posted by RaineD

I'm never going to stop seeing him so he won't forget me!

This is me!!!

I hope she won't forget me. I don't think she will. She is new to being a pDoc and providing psychotherapy. I have gone through physical surgeries to address gender and weightloss since starting with her, we use a very experiential form of treatment. And I journal to her, extensively. I don't think she will forget me. Maybe details but not her feelings and thoughts about me.

Plus, I don't plan on stopping seeing her. So that will make it hard for her to forget me.

[Tbhimscared]

T1 probably won't remember me even though I saw her for several months. We didn't cover very much and I was quiet and kept things in so there isn't much to actually remember. T2 will probably remember me because I was one of her first clients and we joked around a lot. With T2 we analyzed my thoughts together because I'm just really aware of myself and my thoughts and she was interested in my interpretations and what I could bring to the table. T3 definitely won't remember me because of how briefly I saw her and we didn't get along. If she remembers me at all it would be because of how badly we connected.

[ScarletPimpernel]

My T will remember me. One, she said so. Two, she'll be my T for the rest of my life (at least it's planned that way. Ex-T will remember me because I filled a grievance against her. An ex-councelor remembered me when I ran into her in public. It took her a little while to identify me because I changed hair color and gained weight, but she did remember me.

my therapist says we will always talk and be a part of each others lives, and there is no chance she will ever forget me.

[KYWoman]

Most of my former t won't remember me. My favorite will remember me. I was referred to her by a colleague who didn't want to counsel me for ethical reasons. We were friends. I sought therapy for a short time, then decided I didn't need it. Years later I called when my intuition nudged me to get back in therapy with her. It was the beginning of my stalker experience only we didn't know it when I started therapy. Fortunately for me, she had a stalker too who got released from prison while I was going through stalker trauma. Her experience helped me to get a protective order when the judicial process kept sending me around in circles. I had to leave the state to get away from stalker but I drove 7 hrs to see her for therapy until I was able to get a replacement in current state. I called her 4 or 5 years later and when she answered, she told me she really couldn't talk right then but saw my name on caller id and wanted to make sure I was ok! She packs a 357 magnum and regularly goes to a shooting range. I wish she was still my T! She has a famous ADHD celebrity son who use to have his own TV show.

[healinginprogress]

Yes, I believe that my T will remember me.

[CantExplain]

Madame T won't forget me, but she might wish to.