Posted by annierose on December 2, 2005, at 16:12:25
In reply to Re: Question to ponder » annierose, posted by Dinah on December 2, 2005, at 10:28:29
And oddly enough, I can't seem to remember her answer in whole. She felt that everyone comes to therapy with their unique set of problems, issues and map of how they see the world. And working within the theraputic relationship, the issues we encounter IRL will get pasted onto the therapist (her way of referring to transference). So adults with attachment issues will struggle with attachment in varying degrees with their therapist. And if the client is able to feel the attachment and discuss it, it's a sign of strength, of good mental health.
Then she went into this direction and sort of lost me, "So here is a clear example of how ill your mother was/is. Attachment is a wonderful thing, a human need, and you are worried that something is wrong with you because you feel things for me." My brain kind of froze and couldn't concentrate on what followed.
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