Posted by Dinah on June 3, 2008, at 22:22:44
In reply to Re: I don't have to be semipsychic for this one » Dinah, posted by raisinb on June 3, 2008, at 18:51:29
> That is scary. I'd worry, too. However, it sounds like right now, you don't have enough information to conclude he's terminating you. If he were (terrible thought, I know), he'd tell you, I'm sure, in a timely fashion.
No, I don't have that. I wonder how I got caught up in this again when I was doing so darn well. Several sessions went by where he was totally present and engaged. In fact, I'd commented on it the session before Friday's. I didn't mention his personal life at all. It was enough that he was there.
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> I hope he can reassure you adequately. And to borrow Poet's technique, a cyber kick to his head for denying there was something wrong when there obviously was.You really would think he would know better. Especially since it's what caused the big to do last time. All he needed to do was acknowledge that he wasn't himself and say that he would try hard to bring himself to the session.
And truth be told I guess he did eventually. Or he wouldn't have noticed I'd gone awol and asked me to come back.
I guess... Oh heck. I'm too hard on him. But I suppose if I was honest with myself, I'd say that I expect him to have the same view of therapy as I do. A sacred space. But for me it's two hours a week. Hours I make special by paying for and by traveling to. I carve that time out of my life. For him it's just another hour in a day. It's probably unrealistic for me to want him to consider it sacred as well.
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