Posted by Twinleaf on April 20, 2013, at 16:37:09
In reply to Re: question for those in therapy, posted by tetrix on April 19, 2013, at 22:51:07
My experience is very much the same as Baseball's. I have seen my psychoanalyst for about 5 years, and the only touching has been an initial handshake. We do talk a lot about how I am feeling about him, and the reactions that I have to things he says, and also about how he is reacting to what I am saying and feeling. I feel a great sense of intimacy with him, but it is based entirely on verbal and, perhaps even more, non-verbal communications. For me, this has been a powerful force towards increasing health and freedom from depression.
The absence of actual physical contact has allowed me to have a free range of fantasies about him, from maternal to sexual - and to work through them in a completely safe environment. I wouldn't want it any other way.
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