Posted by pegasus on September 17, 2007, at 21:06:14
In reply to Need to post here **leaving T. trigger**(long), posted by 10derheart on September 16, 2007, at 17:05:22
Hey 10der,
I'm so sorry that you have to leave your T, and that you have so much trouble posting here sometimes. I can only speak for myself, but I don't think poorly of anyone who doesn't reply to everyone, etc. We have different abilities to participate here, for a lot of reasons, and that's totally ok.
I'm wondering whether there is any chance that you could continue seeing your T after you move, via phone sessions. I know a couple of people who have done that after moving away from their long term Ts. One of my friends has done weekly therapy with a T in another state for years. I know phone therapy doesn't work for all Ts and all clients, and that there are therapists everywhere so it sounds kind of unnecessary. But I also know that agony of losing such an important person. I know that the attachment you've developed to your T is healthy and helpful, and you can't actually transfer that to another T. Although you can build it again.
Just wanted to throw that out there. When my old T moved away, we stopped doing any therapy, and I was devastated. But more recently when we did a couple of phone sessions, we both agreed that it would have been better if I'd kept working with him via the phone for a while after he left. That's where I'm coming from with this.
Anyway, I send my wishes to you for a successful and satisfying termination. I'm glad that you have some time left to work through some of it. And that it's for a positive reason.
peg
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