Posted by Dinah on July 10, 2006, at 9:48:04
In reply to Upcoming Therapy Concern, posted by LadyBug on July 9, 2006, at 23:43:31
My therapist offered to visit me in the hospital after surgery once, and I politely declined. The hospital post-op is NOT somewhere I'd like to see him. Then we had phone sessions for a few weeks after.
Had he offered to come to my home, I think it would have made me mildly uncomfortable, but I think I also would have said yes.
Yalom talks about going to at least one patient's home, maybe more. And maybe something is lost by not visiting a client's home in these sterile clinical days. I think my therapist could get a more rounded view of my life if he saw how totally out of control my home is.
As long as you understand why she's doing it, and don't build up any expectations from it, it seems like a nice gesture on her part and a safe one to accept.
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