Posted by Dinah on January 7, 2003, at 7:49:14
In reply to Re: Therapist Infatuation - Revisited (I told him!) » Dinah, posted by mikhail99 on January 6, 2003, at 21:20:56
Hi Mik,
I think you're probably right about the running from the room if he said anything reciprocal. Back when I was working through the unequal nature of the relationship, I asked myself if I wanted to see him any more than once or twice a week at his office and the answer was a very loud NO! The therapeutic relationship is so special in itself that I wouldn't want to trade it for friendship, which I can get elsewhere. And he's probably not who I'd choose for a friend anyway.
And I don't want to give you the wrong idea. I do have a great therapeutic relationship. It's just that as in all relationships the little things chafe sometimes more than others.
Dinah
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