Posted by Susan47 on July 25, 2004, at 11:49:58
In reply to Re: Termination » Susan47, posted by Dinah on July 25, 2004, at 11:22:46
>> I once suggested to my mother that she seek therapy for a problem she was having. She said "I don't need a therapist. That's what family is for." and I looked back over my childhood and put it in context of that sentence and wished most fervently that she had had long term therapy for my entire childhood. Because she tried to have me fill the therapist's role.
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Yes I agree with you that this is what happens. My relationships with my children have been much better since I've been seeing a therapist.> Different people need different things from therapy. Because of that, terminations are different, therapies are different, and one size does *not* fit all.
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> What do *you* need from termination?I won't know what I need from termination until I'm ready to terminate! Wow! I guess that means I'm not ready.
I went into therapy having a real problem with boundary issues. I'm still working on that, and I hope my T isn't completely pissed with me for using his answering machine; he's told me it's okay but I still feel very needy on occasion.
On the Board I've seen both clients and T's who seem to have problems with boundaries (see Damiana at the top of this particular board).I never meant, in my original post on Termination, that I wanted my T to exit stage left while I piled all my fears and anxieties on everyone else in my life, I'm sorry, that isn't at all what I meant.
I was referring more to my feelings love, desire, etc. I'm sorry I wasn't more clear.
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