Posted by Tamar on September 27, 2005, at 18:10:39
In reply to Driving by..., posted by Pfinstegg on September 27, 2005, at 17:33:37
> Last fall, a bit less than two years into therapy, I got such an urge to drive by my therapist's house. I told him, and he was fine with it. I did it ( nice house!)- it led to a lot of longings to be part of his family, and fantasies about how I would do that, which we were able to talk about extensively. I just don't need to do that anymore, but I'm very glad he was accepting of it, and used it as material to talk about in therapy. I think this laid-back attitude comes from being an analyst for 33 years!
Cool therapist! The way you told it, it sounds like you talked about it with him before driving past his house. Is that right? Did you really do that? And it’s great that you were able to talk about all those fantasies with him.
I used to have fantasies about being part of my ex-therapist’s family, but that was nearly a year ago. Now I feel I want to be able to imagine where he is. My one remaining fear is that he might get a job somewhere else and move away, and of course I’d never know about it. For some reason knowing where he lives alleviates that fear. It’s not terribly logical but it works for me!
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