Posted by backseatdriver on February 2, 2009, at 13:19:29
In reply to Questions about your T, posted by Looney Tunes on January 31, 2009, at 13:22:15
Love these questions!
>>> 1) How long have you been with CURRENT T? Did you have a previous T?
1 year with current T (male); before that, 2 years (spread over 3) with previous T (female)
>>>2) Is your T male or female?
Male
>>> 3) What is the orientation of your T? Did you know when you started with T?
Eclectic, mostly psychodynamic, interpersonal, relational, humanistic, existential. He doesn't do CBT, EMDR. He also doesn't make treatment plans. I did know when I started. What I didn't know is that "eclectic" sometimes just means "whatever the heck works" and sometimes means "I really have no idea what will work for you, or anyone"
>>> 4) Are you older, younger, or same age as T?
Younger, by some 20 years. He is 60; I am 37.
>>> 5) What type of transference have you experienced? Do you think it is limited by your T's age or gender?
My transference: He is mostly my mother. Occasionally my sister or father. Sometimes it is an erotic partnerish kind of transference. On very rare occasions, he feels like my son. In the countertransference, I'm pretty sure I'm his sister (with whom I think he must be quite rivalrous) and his mother (don't ask, I hate this).
>>> 6) Do you look at your T? How frequently? (I mean literally at their face when talking)
Yes. But if I am feeling overwhelmed I can't.
>>>7) What is your greatest fear of your T?
His anger. Because it comes into me and fuels my very paranoid and angry and murderous inner mother, and then I feel *crazy*
>>> 8) Do you just let yourself "be" in T? Or are you composed and careful?
I usually start the session careful and then relax. Today I think I am just going to let it all hang out from the first minute, though.
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