Posted by Susan47 on May 4, 2005, at 11:26:10
In reply to Re: Is it really harmful to be friends with T ?, posted by alexandra_k on May 3, 2005, at 23:06:25
What you're writing about here in your post, that's the reason this therapy relationship has to be done in a completely different frame of mind, and why I couldn't ever be a therapist. I'd be always denying myself, always denying my real feelings, so much of my life's journey would be spent alone in my head, or having the necessity to rehash things constantly, take every dynamic in a relationship and turn it around until I've viewed it from every angle possible, to make sure I wasn't hurting someone or being hurt myself. And when I wasn't doing that adequately, then there'd be the guilt of not wanting to, wondering, well what is it about this person that bugs me so much? And then, if I couldn't work with someone for whatever reason, having to tell them that, somehow.
And then there's the necessity of having the respect of my peers. That's another story entirely. Because no matter what, I need that. That would be my biggest probable need.
In many ways, therapist is a lousy profession. IMO.
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