Posted by Dinah on September 5, 2003, at 17:11:15
In reply to Re: Please help..feeling really confused.. » Dinah, posted by Adia on September 5, 2003, at 16:57:59
Adia, now it really sounds a lot like what my therapist and I struggle with sometimes. He also feels frustrated at my slow progress. Sometimes he says what he said today. That I'll progress as fast as I progress, and that whatever my pace it's right for me and therefore ok.
Other times he'll get so frustrated because he doesn't feel like he's helping me. Then it really helps him for me to clarify the ways he *is* helping me.
I've heard of therapists using their relationship, and the threat of the loss of it, as leverage to get their patients to do something. I think it's not considered a bad thing in the profession. But I would consider it a bad thing as a patient. Our trust is so fragile, and part of the healing is for the other person to just be there. Just be there week in and week out. Just be there and commit to being there.
I do hope you can work it out with her. I know how desperately frightened you must be feeling.
There are times I'd like to get our therapists together and read them the riot act for their acts of idiocy.
But seriously, do you think her judgement might be impaired from her illness?
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