Posted by Dinah on October 30, 2010, at 12:50:42
That's something my therapist has said a lot lately, and one of those things that has shifted my view of him.
I suppose he does it in place of getting defensive. Like yesterday I was *very* late getting to my session, I'd forgotten my cell phone so I couldn't call him, and when I finally arrived, stressed and anxious, he had given up and gone down for coffee or something. It took another ten minutes or so to get back. I think in prior years, he'd have been more defensive. But this time he just said he had been worried about me, called all my numbers and sent me an email, and then wasn't sure what to do.
It's hard to believe all this isn't some sort of plan on his part to have me see him less as my therapist and more as a person, with the ultimate goal of lessening my dependence.
I don't think I like to hear that my therapist doesn't know what to do. I think I prefer to hear that he's sure what to do, even if I think he's wrong.
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