Posted by Emily Elizabeth on March 17, 2005, at 23:06:13
In reply to Where do Therapists Get Tanked Up?, posted by Susan47 on March 17, 2005, at 16:17:37
T's go to their own T's! Speaking as a T-in-training, I know that's what I do! :)
EE
> Where do you suppose a T would go to get that feeling of positive affirmation, love and acceptance? I can get it from my friends at work because they're the ones I spend the most time with.. so can a T get it from his clients? Oh, the value of a T who knows when to give a good hug cannot be underestimated, methinks. It's a matter of allowing yourself to receive as well as to give, and it's more than money because money is never ever enough. Hmm. Does this mean that T's have to work at developing their friendships outside of the workplace? So a T who is alone in his own little environment, seeing clients come in and go out several days a week, completely (supposedly, sometimes, I'm sure) focussed one one or two other people for an hour at a time, is that T likely to have to work harder outside the office as well, to maintain his mental health through his relationships with others? Close ones, I mean. Immediate family comes to mind, but it isn't the same thing to me. My family never could provide me with the sense of worldly acceptance that loving and allowing myself to be loved by others, gives me daily. Daily. Every day, if I don't go out those doors and actively seek out love, it doesn't happen. And when I do seek it out and I get it, when I seek it I get it every time because I know where to go now, and where not to go. What to do, how to be, how to feel and think and act. And it's wonderful and I'm never letting it go. Ever. Ever again.
poster:Emily Elizabeth
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