Posted by pegasus on February 23, 2005, at 13:27:01
In reply to Re: A therapist and his patient walk into a church . ., posted by vwoolf on February 23, 2005, at 12:57:57
I agree with vwoolf. I think it was sweet of your therapist to want to stay with you, and then to buy you the CD and call you. And yet, I'm wondering why he didn't check in with you about whether it would be ok to sit with you before he just assumed it. It seems that most of the folks here would be freaked out about that scenario. I would have thought that a therapist would be sensitive to that.
I've spoken to therapist friends who say that they also are anxious about running into clients outside of the office. Mostly they seem to worry about doing something that will cause problems for the therapy, and the fact that it's so hard to know what is the most helpful thing to do in that situation.
Anyway, just reading your story made me all anxious, and I really feel for you. I probably would have done about what you did. Or I might have run away before talking to him. I can't imagine what I would have done if he'd walked with me and acted like he was going to sit with me! Blows the mind!
pegasus
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