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I'm not entirely sure if I'm leaving T (maybe around 95% sure), but is it okay to feel attachment to a therapist and a bit of remorse to remove yourself from them, for any number of reasons?

I had good moments with him, I'm not even denying that he has helped me and made me get to a little bit of progress. But his tone is voice and mannerisms are just too agressive and, even if it is just transference (though he did say he would take my observation into his own therapy), it hasn't left in the four months that I've done work with this guy and it ends up leaving me hurt and not empowered. I think, in the long run, it will do more harm than good.

Also, I read somewhere to pay attention to what your unconscious is saying about your therapist, as reflected by dreams and other signs, and, judging by the stuff I've been dreaming lately, my feelings and reasoning are pretty much accurate.

But there is a small part of me that feels sad, and unsure. It reminds me a whole lot of what it was like to contemplate leaving my boyfriend a few months ago (a decision he had to take on his own hands after my inability to make up my mind). It's funny how things like that match up.
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hi anagum,
of course you're going to be sad too, and have a whole lot of mixed feelings about it. i hope you had a chance to have some sessions to talk about the termination and get some closure, even if it was your decision to leave.
it does sound like you know what you're doing in leaving this T and i hope the next one is a much better match for you!

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