Posted by alexandra_k on July 11, 2005, at 19:49:10
I've been thinking about the 'therapists are like washing machines' idea which suggests interchangability...
And I guess the opposite to that is that they are completely unique.
But pets are unique. Oh yes they are. But when one moves on... Well... The best cure can be a new pet. I mean, you always remember what is special about your old pet. Their idiosyncracies. Their uniqueness. They are never completely replacable. But a new pet fills that gap that the old pet left. Old uniqueness is replaced with new uniqueness and after a while you get attached to the new one too.
The role... Their role in your life is what is indespensible.
Only... I guess ultimately we want other people in our life to come to fill the role that we once needed a therapist to fill.
Therapists are like pets I say :-)
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