when you realize your therapist has a history and feelings too
I think so often I have come to life and to therapy with a sense
that there is some objective joy and pinnacle to be found.
It's just not true. We're all taking it a day at a time. We
each have sore spots in our work in therapy - both the therapist
and the patient.
I think maybe my therapist might have been having a bad day?
Or I just realized when she mentioned something about her upbringing
with emotional intensity in her voice it dawned on me that there was
a need to offer her respect - and not just come from a place of my
happy dog idealism and wisdom hunting. She really is a great heroic
therapist. Today is just helping me keep it real with her.
I hope you guys are having a good day. Keep on keeping on!
Spread love to your mental healthcare professionals!
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Well put Marky and I did
I had a pdoc appt and I told him how grateful I was for him.....xo
Thanks Janet!! Way to go!!!
I have learned in my studies that we are all each others teachers and each other's students as well. There have been times when I thought I would receive some compassion but I ended up being the giver of compassion instead and that's ok. There was always a lesson for me to learn in those situations.
thanks Bob! That's a beautiful nugget of wisdom, so true! Thanks!
the therapists which have been most helpful to me have all had therapists of their own. they tell me that they need help giving help. it takes a toll.
Thanks Arfie!
Agree with Arfie...therapists usually Need to have therapy, thinking too, their compassion and caring might also come from a place of pain in their own lives which needs healing, and a need to help others...thus their profession. When I was in therapy, sometimes I was giving therapist a different perspective due to my own life circumstances.
thanks Mary Louise!