Hi Blanket Girl:

No you are not a freak for doing so....I once made a difficult call from my therapist's office...it was sooooooooo nice to have her support....we went over things prior to the call and then processed things following...

S

BG, i am sorry for the hard situation youre in. Just wanted to send you my support- and FWIW: The wanting to phone when you`re at your T`s place sound very understandable and familiar to me. I tend to *hope* that whenever i get/or have to take hard phonecalls, it would be with my T precent. Both for feeling safer myself, and for being able to express myself in the phone as i wish- and if my T was there, i think i would felt braver and more self-secure. Also its a comfort to know my T would hear the words, and be there with me during the conversation. If it might help you in any good ways to phone in your T`s office, or just near by the office- i`ll say go for it. Whatever helps you. I guess every T has different approaches regard to "phonecalls-rules" in sessions, so i guess you just have to ask your T about it, explain the situation... Can you do that?

Good luck-
all the best to you!

Hi BG,

I am really sorry that you have to go through this with your dad. I think it is only natural that you would want your T's support after making this hard call and you say you have been talking about this in therapy 'forever' so am sure your T would fully understand your need for him to be close by when doing this.

I hope you get the support you need.

Butterfly

I think it's wonderful that you are able to ask your T to help you do this! Good for you, BG...but I am so sorry for the pain of your situation. You don't deserve to be treated so badly. Let us know how it goes...


BB