Posted by Penny on December 19, 2003, at 12:16:50
In reply to Re: shrink's wife wonderings, posted by Karen_kay on December 19, 2003, at 11:54:58
My former T told me that the children of therapists usually end up needing therapy more than other children. She was only half-joking, I think, and it makes me think of therapists who are married...
My former T was married with two little kids (had the second while I was in therapy with her). Don't know if it was her first marriage or not, though I assume it was, and I don't know if she was happy or not, though I assume she was. But I don't know for sure - she never let on. My current T is divorced with a grown daughter. I suspect she wasn't married for a long time, and that she was married fairly young, though I don't know b/c I haven't asked. I don't think she ever remarried.
But my pdoc is married and has been I think since medical school and has five kids, and speaks highly and fondly of his wife and children. I've never met any of them, but I've heard him on the phone with his kids, and he's so warm with them, and I've heard from others (the nurses and receptionist at his old office) that his wife is a wonderful person. He seems quite happy, though he works all the time, and I always think I would want to marry someone like him, though with a lighter work load!
But I don't know that I would want to marry a therapist, really. I would like to BE a therapist, but not marry one. I don't know...hmmm...
P
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