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Posted by friesandcoke on July 27, 2009, at 13:34:11
I bumped into my old T once at a play. It was a local version of a Broadway play. She was with her husband. the atmosphere was definitely not conducive to talking about issues. It mean it is not like I bumped into her in the grocery aisle somewhere and no one else was around. Even then I wuoldn't have launched into a therapy session!! but the only time I did bump into her (it was only one time) i didn't say "hi Sue". I referred to her by last name and acted like I could have been anyone. "Hello Mrs. Jones". She actually stood kind of close wherby I was willing to just keep walking and asked me "how was it going with Bill being with you tonight" because she knew I was at the show with someone who had been one of the reasons I was in therapy. I told her the person was making the show a living hell and we just moved on from there. And that was OK. We didn't stand around and talk. I felt blessed that she asked a caring question and we both undertood that I gave an answer and we could talk about it during our next session. we had a very good relationship. So, about you. ever see your T outside of the session and how did it go? What was going on? Boy do I miss her. What a godsend she was.
Posted by InsideOut on July 28, 2009, at 14:38:04
In reply to have you ever bumped into your T outside of office, posted by friesandcoke on July 27, 2009, at 13:34:11
We both pretended that we did not see each other!!!! I do believe that he actually felt worse than I did I had once mentioned that I would run in the opposite direction if I saw him outside of his room - he actaully looked rather afraid that I would do so!
Posted by peddidle on July 31, 2009, at 18:55:11
In reply to have you ever bumped into your T outside of office, posted by friesandcoke on July 27, 2009, at 13:34:11
I saw my T at my college's counseling center (except for last summer when I saw her at her private office), so it's natural that I often bumped into her around campus, or driving on the roads around campus-- sometimes I did it intentionally. :P I never ran into her off-campus, but I did talk to her when she took her kids to an event on campus one weekend. I'm living near her now, and I'm secretly hoping I'll run into her somewhere (I'm also anxious about running into her, just because I feel awkward when I see people out of context like that)... oops, guess the secret's out.
Therapy at college is a little different than therapy in other settings, though, so this probably isn't the kind of response you were looking for. Sorry.
Posted by backseatdriver on August 2, 2009, at 10:23:45
In reply to Re: have you ever bumped into your T outside of office, posted by peddidle on July 31, 2009, at 18:55:11
I live in a small college town and my T lives here too. After 18 months of therapy, I've seen him around town a handful of times. Once I saw him in the street; he dropped his briefcase. Another time he chased me down in the drugstore, which I found acutely embarassing -- I hadn't seen him, and I was in my own private world when he intruded. Another time I saw him riding his bike; I was in my car and I had to pull over because I was so angry I was afraid I might hit him. A fourth time, I was driving my kid to school and he happened to be on the sidewalk, picking his way over a snowbank, wearing an unflattering hat. The last time I saw him out of context, he was in a car that drove by my house as I was taking out the trash. Whoever was driving must have sensed his discomfort because the car started going slower....and slower.... I had to laugh, that's all there was to do at that point.
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