Posted by Daisym on October 18, 2007, at 9:59:37
In reply to Re: oh boy » DAisym, posted by Dory on October 17, 2007, at 23:54:19
I'm sorry I made you feel bad. I really don't want to. I guess I'm just want for you what you clearly want for yourself -- to feel cared for. Perhaps a gentler approach would be to see if you could possibly entertain the idea that your therapist could or would care for someone else and play around with that. Then maybe it would transfer.
I know you are working on all of this - bravely. I don't trust easily when it comes to me personally either - but I believe, as a whole, that professional people do really care about their clients. Maybe this is a button for me since I'm one of those professional people - I love the little kids I work with. And I get paid to work with them. If my personal defensiveness spilled over, I'm really sorry.
Mostly, I just imagine how many other things you could work on if you could find a way to believe, even a little, that he cares for you. That might just have to start with a leap of faith.
Easier said than done, I know.
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