Posted by BirdSong on June 17, 2009, at 0:49:35
In reply to TOday's session, posted by psychmom on June 16, 2009, at 19:53:26
Hello psychmom,
I felt the emotion in your post and I can imagine you are feeling drained.
While your relationship with your T is one of mutual caring, please remember that you are not responsible for "taking care" of your therapist.
And in fact, some T's might consider his "sharing" of his issues a major boundary violation, because it burdens you, the client. As you stated "I don't want to cause him anymore stress."
Remember that therapy is about you and T's are responsible for taking care of themselves.
When a T's issues start "coming into the space" and burdening a client, it is time for the T to reassess.Take care of yourself and I hope your T is ok.
poster:BirdSong
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