Posted by Dinah on September 3, 2008, at 21:22:36
In reply to I told my T, posted by lemonaide on September 3, 2008, at 20:57:50
Maybe he's noticed, but he's in denial that anyone else has? Has convinced himself that it doesn't hurt anyone? That he is as competent as ever?
My therapist recently did something similar.
I guess you have to consider if it's permanent or temporary, how destructive it is to your therapy, and whether it's something you're willing to live with to get the good things you get from your therapist.
I don't know the proper answer to that. It's so bad for me when my therapist is not doing well that I'm not sure it's wise for me to stay. But if I didn't absorb him quite so much it might only be an annoyance.
If it's any help, my therapist has always had a rotten memory, and I've learned to work a little background into my conversations to let both of us maintain the illusion that he remembers.
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