Posted by Veracity on March 27, 2006, at 21:27:09
In reply to And few more » orchid, posted by orchid on March 27, 2006, at 18:47:11
I don't know a lot about my therapist. I know she's married and I know what her husband does for a living. I know what area of psychology she specializes in. I know she has a dog (she told me once). I know what kind of car she drives.
I think knowing very little about her helped. I saw her at the grocery store once and saw what kind of cereal she buys. That was too much information itself - I just don't want to think of her as a person like everyone else. Sometimes the only way I could get to open up with her was to imagine she was a robot or computer that was just programmed to say the right thing after I talked.
Now that I'm post-therapy, I will NOT have any contact with my therapist. I sent her a letter just clarifying some things I didn't have the chance to say in our last session and that was that. I even drive home from my office via a different route because the usual route (the easiest way for me to get home) goes by her office. I just don't want to see her, it would be too difficult.
I definitely prefer the "blank slate" approach.
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