Posted by pinkeye on March 11, 2005, at 16:43:20
In reply to Re: Resurfacing of old hurts » pinkeye, posted by Tamar on March 11, 2005, at 16:11:02
Thanks Tamar.
I did deal with some of the issues with my old therapist. But I was always pressed for time with him and there were more pressing issues to deal with, so I guess I didn't have the luxury to go and look at some of the issues in more detail. And face to face interaction that I had with him was so very limited. I hardly had a total of 10 sessions of face to face interaction. Rest was all through emails over a period of 2 and a half years. It was hard to work in detail through emails for some of the things.Plus he knew my parents so well, and there was no way I could open up and tell him some of the things which used to bother me. Mostly how I had to relate to my fathere and how that affects my relationship with men. My new T is in the same city where I live and I get to see her every week, and I have all the time in the world to talk about things. Plus she doesn't know my parents, so I feel more comfortable sharing some of the things which bothered me a lot. I could never do it with my old T.
And I think she is right in digging up some of the things. Only I feel like a monster when she asks me to acknowledge the mistakes (some horrible mistakes) my dad did in bringing me up.
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