Posted by inthegloaming on March 13, 2004, at 1:26:56
In reply to Re: Do you and your t. say l love you ever? » KindGirl, posted by crushedout on March 12, 2004, at 19:26:32
i have really come to love my T over the i don't know how long we've been doing sessions. as for transference, i was extremely mean to her in the beginning... snide and snarky and belligerent, and she took it in stride. i couldn't be outwardly nasty to anyone else in my life who i was angry at, so i blasted it all on her. then when i went to a pdoc, i terminated talk therapy. just this year, i realized that my old T was the way to go and i came back to open arms.
i have never liked therapy, but now i do. i'm comfortable in it, know what to say. i can say so much more now, which is good. at first i thought it was weird to have any sort of feeling at ALL towards your therapist--i mean, you're paying them, blah blah--but when i began to trust that she genuinely cared for me, i guess i opened up some to the idea. she truly is a friend now, an ally, like an oracle-aunt of some kind. something like that. i don't know. sometimes i've been tempted to say 'i love you, doc' but... somehow it seems unprofessional. and i don't know why i even care about 'professional...' i'm a scruffy 19 year old college kid for petes sake... anyway...
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