Posted by Dinah on December 30, 2009, at 10:18:54
In reply to A parting gift, posted by emmanuel98 on December 29, 2009, at 22:15:26
I like symbolic gifts like that, so I think it's a good idea.
My gifts to my therapist have been few, but have been related to themes in therapy. The first one was a small abstract sculpture of a mother and child, the symbolism being obvious. The second was a pebble. Because we'd talked about my slow progress in terms of therapy being like the water in a stream acting on the rocks at the bottom, slowly smoothing and molding them.
If growth and life are gifts your therapist has given you, it makes perfect sense to me that you would want to give him something that embodies that.
Now here's something funny about my projections toward my therapist. I'm pretty sure he'd manage to kill anything alive in his office. He has many fine and useful qualities, but remembering to feed and water is not one I attribute to him.
So I think it's also a nice sign of trust in your therapist's nurturing abilities. :)
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