Posted by Joslynn on March 14, 2005, at 13:12:58
In reply to Visit to pdoc (long), posted by daisym on March 12, 2005, at 23:34:06
Hi!
I don't think it was her place to advise on the "clingy" stuff. Just to use that word (did she use that particular word?) is not very caring.
However, there was one little thing she did say that I have wondered about with some people on this board...the containment between sessions. It does seem like some people (and I am sorry, I forget if it was you or other posters) do struggle a lot with distracting thoughts after the therapy, wondering about what the T thinks, needing calls, etc., and in that case, I wonder if it is too intense, and could just be explored a little more gently or less frequently?
I used to do therapy with a pdoc once a month as well as wkly with a T. That got confusing for a variety of reasons, so now the pdoc visits are only once every two months, and a little shorter. I was in a somewhat opposite sitch than you, where it was the pdoc I had the dependency on, not the T. I did have to ease back, because with me, it was interfering with my mental real estate, e..g., I would think abot it too much and compare men I was dating and my father to pdoc. But my transference was romantic in some ways, which I know yours isn't
The pdoc could have been genuinely concerned, but just doesn't know your case well enough and has a different orientation than your T.
Would you want them to talk to each other, with you present, or no? That is up to you, I don't think they can discuss your case without you signing something.
poster:Joslynn
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