Posted by fallsfall on September 24, 2003, at 7:29:04
My mother doesn't understand emotions - she's really good with logistical and intellectual things, but she hasn't a clue about emotions. So I have always felt that she is "disengaged". My old therapist was wonderful for 7 years, but then she seemed to step back, be less active, understand less. She seemed to disengage. This was incredibly painful for me. I have a new therapist, and he and I are starting to work on the pain with the old therapist.
I do a bit (OK, a lot) of psychology reading and I believe that what I need to do is "work through" the issue that I have with my old therapist. Can anyone explain how one "works through" an issue? And why it helps? Also, I usually see the term "work through" associated with dealing with feelings in the transference. Can it also be used to deal with external problems? (My issue with my old therapist may have been transference, but it isn't now an issue in the transference with my current therapist)
I am so confused...
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