Posted by Dinah on December 31, 2002, at 16:41:21
In reply to Re: Therapist Infatuation - Revisited, posted by mikhail99 on December 31, 2002, at 16:25:53
Now that would be rotten. Getting up the courage to send the letter and then it not getting there in time! So don't feel offended if he doesn't mention it. :)
I'm sure he'll handle it professionally and with compassion. And I'm sure you'll feel better for having told him.
It was rough for me to tell my therapist that I saw him as a mother dog to my blind newborn pup. He still gets the funniest look on his face when I speak of his maternal attributes. (Such a funny look that it's hard not to tease him with the notion. I keep thinking of telling him that I see him as a giant breast on which to suckle, but I'm not sure he could take that with composure.) But now that it's out of the way, it doesn't make me feel ashamed like it used to. He was really nice about it.
And at one time we did discuss the possibility that I was attracted to him. (He had just announced his engagement and I was upset and we were trying to figure out why. I guess it was just because I was worried that his arrangements would change.) Although we ended up rejecting the possibility, he discussed it quite calmly.
Let us know how it goes Monday?
Dinah
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