Posted by Daisym on April 16, 2007, at 15:24:38
In reply to Re: Looooooonely....... I'm Dr Looooooonely » zazenduckie, posted by 10derHeart on April 13, 2007, at 13:50:19
One of my classmates did their special project on vicarious traumatization. Do you have any idea how hard it was to listen to her talk about clients who traumatize their therapists with their stories? And then she used a bunch of research to talk about how lonely and isolating a job it is for therapists - after all, they are forbidden to talk about their work to others.
The hardest part for me was when she talked about strategies of self-preservation. One was to symbolically lock your files and your notes in your filing cabinet for the weekend and mentally put your clients and their problems there too. While I understand it, I didn't like it.
I left my therapist a voice mail that said, "please don't leave me locked in the filing cabinet all weekend!" I'm sure he is wondering, "what was she smoking?!" :(
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