Posted by pegasus on October 1, 2013, at 10:02:16
In reply to Re: Ideal Fit, posted by baseball55 on September 23, 2013, at 19:54:57
Yeah, I think trust is an essential ingredient. Although it's not the kind of thing you can find when you're shopping around for a therapist. At least not me. I don't trust anyone until I've worked with them for a long time. I've had a number of Ts that I eventually came to trust, though. In various ways, but never completely. I trust my most recent T to try to be empathetic etc., and to be very professional. I don't trust him to actually care about me much. He has too many other clients, and I can't imagine how a person could have enough energy to actively care about 40 or so people, in addition to family etc.
I trusted my old, warm T to care about me, and also to be professional, and to know how to help me. And I trusted him to continue to be there for me, which turned out to be a mistake.
- peg
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