Posted by pinkeye on April 24, 2005, at 12:44:44
In reply to what did T mean?, posted by Shortelise on April 23, 2005, at 21:47:52
I hate getting messages like that. From anyone..It would make me feel really really bad if my therapist says things like that to me. I never like it when the other person seems to imply that I am being too needy or somehow that I need to be able to go on my own without them.. But for that matter, I never terminate any relationships myself.. I am never good at it. Even if the other person is not that good and makes my life hell, I never ever terminate contact with anyone in my life.. I totally hate it when people do it.. when they just toss people out of their lives like a piece of object.. And I totally hate the termination phase of therapy. It just somehow doesn't make sense to me.. I feel like saying, if this all that I meant after so many years, that I can be terminated and just thrown out of their lives one day, why did I even bother so much for so long? Somehow it doesn't make sense. I think if I were a director of therapy model, I would really revise the termination model that therapists should do with their clients. I would always allow plenty of contact after termination - for the life time of the patient if needed - as long as the therapist practices and the patient can pay.. That would really be much more humane approach instead of the therapists throwing patients out of their lives one fine day and expecting them to live with it. It is just totally not humane.
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