Posted by Penny on July 16, 2003, at 19:03:07
In reply to Re: My therapist comes back tomorrow!!! » Tabitha, posted by Dinah on July 16, 2003, at 16:18:08
> He's totally accepted my dependency needs. He came as close to promising me therapy for however long I want it as a person can honestly promise. Forever as long as it's in his power therapy.
That's good, I think. What's so bad about dependency? If they can't handle it, they should think about changing careers. Of course, I'm also in the line of thinking that they shouldn't really take vacations either, but, hey...
I told my therapist what a friend of mine said to me, which was if she wanted to spend the rest of her life in therapy getting to know herself better, so what? I can't really imagine being in therapy the rest of my life, but, at the same time, I can't imagine life without therapy right now. I said to my therapist early on: You're not going anywhere anytime soon, are you? And she said no, she was here to stay (minus things beyond her power). I don't think she has a problem with me being in therapy as long as I need to be, and I feel like I will only want to be as long as I need to be.
That's my hope anyway. Of course, this may not make much sense at all as my mind isn't working very well at the moment.
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