Posted by Dinah on January 24, 2012, at 19:09:38
In reply to Not wanting to discuss it.., posted by Twinleaf on January 24, 2012, at 0:18:34
I suppose I don't trust him to be sensitive on this issue. He likes money a lot. It's not just about therapy. It comes through in his other comments on life. I suppose I consider it a virtue that he's open about it. It's not as if I don't like money myself. But somehow I think I might like it differently than he does. Which is ok. People value different things. Maybe the things I don't feel comfortable discussing are the things I really shouldn't feel comfortable discussing with him. They aren't his strengths.
But as it happened I worried in vain. He didn't bring it up. It's possible that he forgot it entirely. His memory isn't great. Or it's possible he's joined me in a conspiracy of silence on a topic we both think ought to be left alone.
So I was able to feel like a client rather than a john. And I was able to see him as a therapist rather than convert my own feelings of shame into feelings of contempt for him as a whore.
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