Posted by AuntieMel on August 3, 2004, at 10:22:09
In reply to talking about the client patient relationship, posted by rubenstein on August 3, 2004, at 9:10:09
I think if you ask ten people here, you'll get fourteen different takes!
I have no clue what 'method' my therapist uses. It seems to be a combination of a lot of things. This same topic came up (I rose it) a couple of weeks ago because I see that a lot of people here have very close relationships and I was wondering if I wasn't participating enough to get full benefit.
It turned out that he wasn't expecting things to get emotionally close, and I wasn't wanting it to be too close so we are a good fit in that matter.
And I feel more comfortable with him now that the expectations are out in the open.
FYI it took me over a year to get to where I'd talk about anything personal and another one to get to discussing this issue. Not his fault - I have huge trust issues.
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