Posted by mair on November 26, 2003, at 9:42:15
In reply to Opposite gender therapists a bad idea?, posted by Eddie Sylvano on November 26, 2003, at 9:08:00
I've had both. I've made much more progress with a female therapist although this may be because I've been willing to stick with her longer. Attachments don't come easily and there was just too much stuff I wasn't willing to talk to my male therapist about. There's still lots of stuff I don't like to share with my current therapist, but I'm more comfortable pushing myself now.
I also think it helps that like me, my therapist is a working mother, and although she's younger than I am, the age difference isn't all that acute. My male therapist was much older.
When I read here of some of the patient-therapist infatuations, I'm really relieved I don't have a male therapist. I think I have transference issues at times, but they are never sexual.
Mair
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