Posted by Dinah on October 16, 2007, at 9:50:19
In reply to Well it is officially over with my therapist., posted by catlady on October 15, 2007, at 23:11:43
> I just feel really hurt, angry, disillusioned and sad right now.
I think those are perfectly appropriate feelings. She gave you so little time to work through those feelings too. Five years is a long time.
Therapists are human, unfortunately. A lot can be going on with her. Maybe she's feeling defensive about leaving, since she must understand on some level how her clients are feeling. Maybe she had to shut down emotionally to get through it all. And of course they *do* keep some professional distance that we're not trained to keep. That seems sort of unfair, really. I guess it's the only way they can be helpful to us, but it's still unfair.
I think grieving and anger are perfectly reasonable responses.
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