Posted by sunnydays on October 31, 2006, at 17:38:18
In reply to My therapist doesn't believe in transference..., posted by Tate_ne on October 31, 2006, at 16:31:49
She probably does care about you, but maybe not in the way you're hoping. She cares about you enough to know that there are issues you have that she cannot help you with, because of her therapeutic orientation, or what she psychologically feels comfortable with because of her own issues. She cares enough to suggest this other therapist to you.
And I think that she believes in transference, she just isn't trained to handle it if she's CBT, so maybe suggesting someone else is a way to help you handle it. It's hard to care about a T and wish they cared about you in the same way -- believe me, I know, I just had this conversation with my T last week. He was very accepting of my feelings, but he's not mainly CBT-oriented.
So maybe take her suggestion. You might be pleasantly surprised by this other T. And believe me, many of us here know how hard these feelings are.
Welcome to Babble!
sunnydaysP.S. I'm in college, too, so don't think you're the only one or that it's weird because you're so young (I just say that because I've thought that)
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