Posted by emmanuel98 on October 31, 2010, at 20:33:45
In reply to Re: Saw my p-doc after a month away, posted by Dinah on October 31, 2010, at 13:42:57
> How does your therapist see it?
I think the way he sees it is that, last winter, he had talked about cutting back to every other week for 4-5 months then maybe to once a month. But I decided that ending would be painful however I did it, so it would be better to just bite the bullet and set a date to end. He said, we could do that and we agreed on an end date 6 weeks away. I thought and thought about a gift to give him. I found an African stone sculpture of two figures dancing and bought it for him. Then I made out a card with a quote from Glen Gabbard comparing therapy to a dance and said thanks for dancing with me. It was a very nice and poignant ending.
I felt when I returned that I was returning with my tail between my legs. But he kept saying, it was your idea to end, not mine. So now we're just gradually cutting back, the way he recommended it the first place. Now that I experience all the grief and mourning for him over the spring and early summer, I feel much better prepared to cut back and be happy to wait a month between appointments without feeling the need to call him. So this is better. I think he thinks it's better as well.
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