Posted by Miss Honeychurch on August 15, 2004, at 10:39:15
In reply to Worst moments in therapy, posted by Dinah on August 15, 2004, at 0:11:42
I remember one particularly BAD session. It was so bad that I posted here about it and Dinah you made me feel so much better.
From the minute he got me from the waiting room I knew something was really wrong. AS we walked into his office, I saw a woman lying face down on the couch in the exit hallway. I assumed maybe she was the client before me? Anyway, he said nothing about it, so neither did I.
Our session was simply awful. He seemed distracted, impatient, and would go on and on about his theories about WW II and so on. All very interesteting but they had nothing to do with me. We then managed to get on the topic of my fear that he would terminate me at any minute (this was very early on in my therapy). This got him on a very stern talk about how if he was feeling he couldn't help me he would have no qualms about referring me to someone else. HE then also thought my fears were an indicator that I was becoming too dependent on him and that was one thing he never wanted to foster in his clients. I felt so attacked and like I was 5 years old and my father was yelling at me.
I couldn't wait to leave. When I left, the girl on the couch was gone. And next week, he was back to normal. I can only imagine his mood must have been from the session before mine.
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