Posted by naiad on December 23, 2003, at 7:30:39
In reply to Re: What turned me from analysis » badhaircut, posted by lookdownfish on December 23, 2003, at 4:55:43
lookdownfish...
You wrote "transference : is absolutely crucial for me. Understanding why I have certain feelings for my therapist I think is the key to my problems. My feelings for her are stronger than about any close family member - I'm not saying that's healthy, just a fact. But I think understanding those feelings might help me resolve the problems I have with my real close relationships...I hope."I continue to struggle with this concept. I have such a strong attraction for my therapist but because I have labeled these feelings as "being in love" with all of the romantic and sexual connotations of that feeling, I think I am just lost rather than making transferance work for me. I struggle when I talk to my T about it because I don't get any of the return love that I would expect under normal circumstances. Then he becomes frustrated with my struggle to verbalize my feelings and I feel rejected. That's where we are now. I see him this afternoon and I hope I can get some insight.
There are so many peoople who have responded to this thread who seem to really know and understand the theories and history of the "art"
(as oppossed to "science") of psychoanalysis. Your statement that transferance is critical to the process gives me hope that maybe, even though painful, I am on a productive path.badhaircut: I ordered the Crews book about Freud in order to get more ammunition to use against my pschoanalytically inclined therapsit... love him, hate him. Makes me wonder if I am purposely sabotaging my therapy.
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