In Session Today: Part VI

Echos Myron redux · Jan 10, 2019 at 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by octoberful

Echoes your therapist is doing something caring, quite the opposite of what it may seem. You've idealized him a lot and for a long time. It's not surprising that addressing it (ie the artificial quality of the relationship) leads to anxiety buy I think he's doing it for your benefit, for sure.

I think you are missing something about what's happening. We have always, always discussed the disparity between my feelings and the reality. I am well aware of the transference nature of my feelings and we discuss it a lot. I don't get the sense my therapist is doing something uncaring and I'm not sure where you read that. I also don't think he's talking about the "artificial quality" of the relationship.

My issue with him last session was around the inconsistency in approach but we resolved that yesterday. I don't get the sense he is doing anything different to what he has always done, nor do I think I am under any illusion about the nature of my feelings towards him.

Thanks for taking the time to post but you have missed the thrust of the session I think.

Jan 10, 2019 at 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Echos Myron redux

I think you are missing something about what's happening. We have always, always discussed the disparity between my feelings and the reality. I am well aware of the transference nature of my feelings and we discuss it a lot. I don't get the sense my therapist is doing something uncaring and I'm not sure where you read that. I also don't think he's talking about the "artificial quality" of the relationship.

My issue with him last session was around the inconsistency in approach but we resolved that yesterday. I don't get the sense he is doing anything different to what he has always done, nor do I think I am under any illusion about the nature of my feelings towards him.

Thanks for taking the time to post but you have missed the thrust of the session I think.

I'm going to back up and just say-I don't think you have an artificial relationship with your T. I was thinking only of the transference, which I may view a bit differently.

What I was trying to say is related to something I've talked about a lot on the forum but didn't explicitly state. Instead, I think I was responding as if you knew what i was talking about (as if you could read my mind), so sorry about that!

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