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im just wondering if my therapist is just being nice or does he have feelings for me some examples are:
i said all men want is sex and he said not me i have to much respect for you and i said yeah and plus your married so that wouldnt be right and he said people do things that arent right all the time thats not my main reason my main resson is respect for you. he always text me back and answers all my questions even if they are not therapy related and it may not be right away but he always rights back even if its 9 at night. he said i was cute and that he was sorry if it was wrong of him to say but he couldnt help it. he asked me what places i went to and said not that he was going to show up there but he was just curious and i text him by accident i ment to text someone else and i said sorry i cant come over tonight and he said "thats ok it probably wouldnt be a good idea anyway Wink" and i thought i was moving once and i told him i couldnt continue with therapy and he said why are you moving and said this is killing me are you at least going to come and say bye to me before you leave and i tried to end it another time i text him and said that i was feeling better and felt like i didnt need therapy anymore and he said it was fine to take a break but we needed to talk about it in person..so i dont know maybe its just me over thinking it and hes just being nice. any opinions??
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I think he is just being a good T and is being nice and you are reading too much into it.

it still might be a good idea to look for a new T though as it sounds like the way he relates to you is distracting from your therapy. If that is the case, then another T might be a better match.

That is my perception of it
Hi Twentythree,
Welcome Welcome to the forums. I think the most important thing about what you wrote is that you are feeling concerned and maybe a little uncomfortable about your Ts behavior. It's hard for someone not in the room to know if this is problematic or he is just building the alliance or thinks you need encouragement. But I understand the people seeing red flags.

I think the best thing to do (which is also terribly scary) is to bring this up with him and express to him the concerns you expressed here. If he gets defensive or evasive, that's probably a good indicator that he is in over his head or has bad intentions. But if he calmly discusses the behavior and your feelings about it, then you can feel pretty comfortable that he is keeping your therapy about you and has your best interests in place as a priority.

AG

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