Posted by backseatdriver on December 21, 2008, at 12:58:32
In reply to Re: Gifts, posted by JayMac on December 21, 2008, at 3:15:44
Ow! I'm stunned. Your therapist reaction really takes the cake, so to speak. :)
I think some therapists can be very rigid about gifts. Mine does not accept gifts (I posted above somewhere about this). He cites a lot of psychology jargon to justify the policy but none of it coheres. The problem is, he stinks at receiving.
As I see it, anyway.
Perhaps your therapist is the same way. They all have their strengths and weaknesses. You are a generous person and thoughtful and courageous for having made a gift and presented it to her. I wish your therapist could have met you where you were, in this regard. She is not as courageous or as generous as you are, if you ask me.
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