Posted by daisym on June 19, 2005, at 0:48:20
In reply to Re: Daisy, how are you today? » Daisym, posted by jazzed on June 18, 2005, at 17:47:30
Thank you for sharing about your parents. I'm sorry for your pain. It sounds like you've come to terms with a lot of it. I hope I can some day. What we want and need from our parents is so very complicated, isn't it? It reminds me of how much responsibility I have to my own children.
I do think my friend meant that a lot of therapists can't take how needy "we" get sometimes. I think about the amount of contact I have with mine -- it seems extraordinary that he would put himself out for me so much. (I know, I know, I pay him but...)There is a lot written in the literature about therapist burn-out, about compassion fatigue, etc. etc. I bring it up constantly. He tells me he is really good at taking care of himself, I don't have to.
I appreciate your support.
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