Posted by Daisym on October 17, 2007, at 23:02:34
In reply to Re: Therapist away for just a week » rskontos, posted by Dinah on October 16, 2007, at 20:19:04
I was touched reading your last post. I think I've felt that shift with my therapist too - things are deeper, more intimate and yet some how more relaxed too. I think about the jokes between us and the fact that he'll call me to check in. When I tell some people that, they get all worried - like "ack! What about the therapeutic frame?" -- But it works for me. And I trust that it works for him. And then there will be times when I get upset with him and he is less available, in a psychological sense. It is the ebb and flow of a real relationship.
So it isn't silly at all to miss him. It is "normal" and appropriate to miss him. It shows how deep your attachment is and I think it is just great.
Except...that you are hurting some. For that I'm sorry. So I want you to be able to miss him without actually having to. Does that make sense?
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