Posted by Phil on June 21, 2001, at 20:52:44
In reply to How familiar should one be with pdoc?, posted by Cass on June 21, 2001, at 16:13:07
> I adore my psychiatrist. He is a genuine, caring person. That's part of therapy. But my pdoc is very open and personal. I feel like he is a friend.
Cass..I read once how many folks go into therapy and speak about themselves like they are holding a press conference. Heavy editing! That always stuck with me.
My true friends take me as I am and I don't usually worry about how they would react to me doing something wrong.
Sounds like you want him to see you as more than you are. Maybe like you are incapable of bad judgement. I'm guessing here but I 'do' know that in any therapeutic relationship it's really a good idea to be VERY honest. It's the very core of these relationships and we, as patients, probably shouldn't get into trying to seem like anyone except our true selves.
Then we can leave the docs office and put on our game faces for the rest of the world.
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