Posted by Dinah on February 1, 2005, at 7:22:53
In reply to Caution - Pity Party alert, posted by daisym on February 1, 2005, at 0:34:08
Oh my. I suppose that defines me as a difficult client. :) My therapist has said he doesn't mind if I leave a dozen conflicting voicemails as long as they all occur before he contacts me. He doesn't want to have to answer a dozen separate conflicting voicemails.
Have you really, truly, and honestly tried to compromise? Negotiate? You might find that you would be pleasantly surprised. I have a very good working arrangement with my emotional self based on a negotiation of meeting schedules with my therapist. Or at least it was, until my father died and everything started unravelling for me. I think I'm struggling to come up with a new working arrangement. But I have faith that it can be done.
Is your therapist willing to help you work out an amiable arrangement? Something along the lines of letting you work in return for session time. Something like that.
It *can* be done. Even the parts of ourselves that are the most stubborn and selfish can generally be swayed by arguments that are framed in terms of their own best interests. :)
(Gosh, I hate it when I say that. lol.)
poster:Dinah
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