Posted by Dinah on November 13, 2003, at 15:09:06
In reply to Cold Session - need comfort please, posted by Miss Honeychurch on November 13, 2003, at 14:40:33
Oh, I'm sorry. I hate it when that happens, and it does happen from time to time. No one's therapist is at their best all the time.
Did you ask him about your perception that he was different today? Sometimes I am so sure my therapist is angry with me when the truth is that his kidney stones are acting up, or he was preoccupied for some reason. Once I came in with this whole idea that he had taken my case to supervision or something, and decided to go in an entirely different direction with me - more limit setting and firm. He had absolutely no idea what I was talking about.
So would you like to look at this and see if there might be other reasons for his actions? Did he say anything to you to explain his behavior, or are you making guesses about what's going on. And admittedly my therapist got "frustrated" with my abandonment fears from time to time, but he didn't terminate me. He just needed to step back sometimes and regain his perspective.
So it's horridly unpleasant, and I'm sorry you're having to deal with it. But it doesn't mean that anything bad will happen or that your worst fears are true.
poster:Dinah
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