Posted by Lauren0722 on October 28, 2009, at 8:27:25
In reply to Re: If You Have Personal/Romantic Feelings for your T. » sassyfrancesca, posted by BayLeaf on October 27, 2009, at 19:41:14
As the co-author to this book I must interject - of course in AMERICA we have the ability to make money any number of ways but our intention with this book is to feel less alone, not to hang out with companions in misery and lamant how we all love our therapists.........
What happens in that therapy room or even sometimes in other settings is not ethical according to their rules - no one is disputing that - I do question how many of the founders of this profession, Freud being the most prominent and well known one, was a known cocaine user who also believed in giving his patients this as well.
This is a real thing that happens to many people in therapy and yet nothing is out there to help us process it, work thru it, feel less alone...........I have searched for months on the internet, in book stores, psych magazines, anywhere to just hear stories similar to mine to know I am not alone.......to have a book where each chapter is dedicated to a person's story and hear their struggles, their journey, that would be healing, comforting, something I personally would buy and want to know more about them.
Your idea of putting some of the money from the book to a charitable organization is actually a good one and I do plan to take that under advisement.
I spoke with a man yesterday who is in love with his female therapist - I could hear the pain and the conflict in his voice just from the phone call. He, nor I, have anyone to really speak to about this other then the occasional talk with the therapist themselves.
I sense that women who feel insecure in some way will always find some cutting or rude way to tear down a genuine post that is doing nothing more then asking for people to be human, to share their stories, to tell them I hurt just as you do, to say I feel all those same things, we all hurt in this process because we love them - so why not talk about it, share your story, tell us how you got to that place, how did the therapist react, how do you handle it each week you go, do you cry at night sometimes because you miss them so much - help us get the topic out of the shadows and ban together as a group of strong men and women and come together rather then tear each other down as you are doing in your reply to our posts - we (my co-author and I) simply came up with an idea to share stories as a way to help heal our struggles - we know there are so many people out there exactly like us and we want to hear from you.
Our promise is, unlike some of the posters to this thread, you will recceive no judgements from us, rather a heartfelt, listening ear who will know all that you feel with every word of your story.
Our website is:
www.inlovewithyourtherapist.com
And my personal email is:
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