Posted by tterees on May 18, 2004, at 17:51:01
In reply to not knowing about your therapist's real life, posted by LG04 on May 18, 2004, at 7:33:16
I once asked my therapist why the therapeutic relationship is so one sided. He said that therapy was about and for ME. If we met and spoke the same way I do with friends and family, then I wouldn't need to see him. In a way, I agree with DissociativeJane. I say in a way, because I am so curious about my T. Have all these "not real" feelings for him. Not real because they really are not for him, how could they be? I know nothing about him. It's like watching Brad Pitt in a movie, and thinking "Oh, I just love him!" (I don't really like Brad Pitt, but if I said James Marsters, who would know who I was talking about?) My T helps me, but so does my dentist.
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