I'm in T training currently and my T said to me at the beginning of my session last week that if I wanted to work there in a couple of years that I would have to stop being her client.
Hmmm...does she mean it or is she just trying to get rid of me? I've been a client for over 2 years. T and I have had a fairly good working relationship. T has said to me in the past that she feels like this is more of a mentor relationship at times. At other times though her boundaries seem weak to me. We are more like friends/colleagues most of the time during my sessions. I know a ton about her life and her struggles. She has helped me immensely dealing with my struggles as well, so it's not that it is always about her and her issues.
Ethically I would need to stop being her client soon in order for me to work at the same clinic. I'm torn about that. Ending with her brings up tough feelings, of course. There is still a potential that working at that clinic could get weird if she is still there and I'm there too. The whole power differential thing and our past relationship could cause slippage of info. about me or other issues. Hmm...if she is supervising me that could be strange also. Then again, she might not even be at that clinic in the near future due to her other career goals that she has told me about. I probably will end up ending with her soon seeing as my insurance w/her runs out. I just need to prepare for that and deal with it. It's going to be tough to say goodbye.
Ok...I'm worrying WAY too much about the future!
Back to the present...
Time to write a paper and finish my article reading....
Thanks for reading my ramblings!
