Posted by Dinah on August 8, 2007, at 8:58:01
In reply to When to stay, and when to move on » sunnydays, posted by Nathan_Arizona on August 8, 2007, at 7:59:15
I think needs vary a lot between clients, so it would be hard to judge. My therapist got into the habit of briefly disclosing because I was too good at picking up his mood, and blaming myself. Boundaries got shifted more during the post Katrina period where he really wasn't doing very well, but I really didn't want to stop seeing him. They're closer now to what they used to be, but I'm not sure they can ever really go all the way back. The important boundaries he keeps though. And if he didn't, I would.
I'm not sure at this point in my therapy that there is anything my therapist could do that would make me stop seeing him. Except perhaps to not be himself for a long period of time. I came close to it before he moved back, because every time I went, he wasn't really there. He didn't feel like himself, and stopping seeing him would have just been formalizing what had already happened. I think at this point, except for that, stopping seeing him would have to come on my end, because I didn't think I needed it any longer. Anything else I'd stay and fight through.
I'm not saying it's right. Or best. Not even for me and certainly not for anyone else. But it's kind of who I am.
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