Posted by Elle2021 on January 11, 2004, at 18:20:17
In reply to Re: Perfect Therapy Client Questions, posted by Speaker on January 11, 2004, at 15:18:20
Well thanks everyone for responding and for saying happy birthday. I started this thread because I have become really curious about how old my therapist is. I googled him and if the stuff I read is about him, then he is about 44. Somehow, I wanted him to be older than that. I wanted him to be more 55ish.
My old doctor used to wish me a happy birthday every year, and I never appreciated it. In fact I used to get annoyed with her thinking, "like you care about my birthday," now I wish that my pdoc would say something.
I think it was Psychlover who said something about firm boundaries. As it is, my therapist doesn't share much about himself. He did disclose to me that he has SAD, and there was some satisfaction in knowing that he felt like he could tell me that. Maybe he tells all his patients that. I don't know. But I sure would like to know more about him.
:) I save all his messages on my voicemail until it automatically reaches the time limit and deletes them. I like to hear his voice, it's comforting. One time I decided to trip him up. I used to have a personal greeting on my phone and then I decided to switch it to an automatic one where the lady comes on and says something to the effect of, "555-555 is not available, please leave a message..." I loved his response. He goes, well I'm looking for Elle (long pause) please call me back. :) He never gets thrown off like that where he can't think of the perfect thing to say so I like it of course... :)
Elle
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