Posted by emmanuel98 on November 12, 2010, at 0:08:53
In reply to Re: Therapy and termination, posted by Annabelle Smith on November 11, 2010, at 21:45:15
A good therapist will understand this and be compassionate and willing to discuss it. They won't shun you or come on to you or get mad at you or shut down. Dependence and attachment are commonplace, even expected. So if he can't handle it compassionately, he shouldn't be working as a therapist.
> I need to talk to my therapist about dependence and attachment. My fear in doing so is that he will withdraw-- not physically, as I can't imagine he would actually tell me to leave and not come back, but in what is for me the worst way, emotionally. I am afraid that he will become emotionally detached and unavailable-- that I will have to go into the session and search for him and maybe not even find him; that the gaping chasm will re-emerge between us. But I think it is worth the risk to be open and honest. I stand paralyzed at a crossroads; if I never move then things are never going to change.
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