Do you imagine your therapist in his/her family setting?

nottrustin · Feb 22, 2020 at 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SarahSweden

Thanks. I can relate to that, my counsellor has four children but before I know that I got the impression that she lived on her own and she didn´t seem that "motherly". I don´t see her as a mother figure to me, especially as I don´t see her for therapy but I though wonder how she has managed so "many" children and what their now adult relationship is like.

Has your T told you anything about her kids or family in general?

She has told me a bit. She married later un life and while she is in her mid 40's her child is 4. She talks about him occasionally. Also we went for a walk a couple of times and once we encountered a little boy that she said looked and acted like him. In the few seconds we were by him, she was adorable in her interaction with him

sophiebunny · Feb 23, 2020 at 01:53 AM

I have a kind of funny story. I had only been seeing my psychiatrist for about a year. It was Purim (a festive Jewish Holiday) and I was taking my then 6-year-old daughter to a Purim party at the Jewish Community Center. She was all dressed up like a fairy princess. My psychiatrist and I happen to live in the same community. It just so happened he was at the JCC with his young son. As I opened the door, I saw the two of them in costume. I panicked, and made my daughter walk down one block and across another block to enter the building on the opposite side of where my psychiatrist was standing. He never saw me. That was the point. I told him that story a few years ago and it really made him laugh. I've been seeing him for 25 years now. If I run into him now, we stop and exchange pleasantries. Back then, I didn't want to ever run into him in his "regular" life. It freaked me out.

Seeing him with his son and they were both in costumes was more information about my psychiatrist than I wanted to have.

*Beth* · Feb 23, 2020 at 05:52 AM

Mostly, I imagine my T as a grandma (she is, and mentions her grandchildren fairly often). I can imagine her regular life to quite a degree. She's probably a fun person to be around, and her family most likely loves her. So yes, I'm moderately curious. But I'm not obsessed with her personal life.

SarahSweden · Feb 23, 2020 at 08:43 AM

Thanks. What kind of therapy are you doing as you said you go for walks with your therapist? If you want to share. I think that detail of her being over 40 and having a small kid can be comforting to some clients, it had been for me who feel I don´t have the relationships I want. I mean, starting out later in life having kids isn´t all impossible. She seems like a good T.

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Originally Posted by nottrustin

She has told me a bit. She married later un life and while she is in her mid 40's her child is 4. She talks about him occasionally. Also we went for a walk a couple of times and once we encountered a little boy that she said looked and acted like him. In the few seconds we were by him, she was adorable in her interaction with him

nottrustin · Feb 23, 2020 at 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SarahSweden

Thanks. What kind of therapy are you doing as you said you go for walks with your therapist? If you want to share. I think that detail of her being over 40 and having a small kid can be comforting to some clients, it had been for me who feel I don´t have the relationships I want. I mean, starting out later in life having kids isn´t all impossible. She seems like a good T.

Initially when I started seeing I went to her for Emdr therapy. However. at that point Inwas seeing 2 therapists. My long term T for regular talk therapy. When my long term therapist passed away suddenly, I now see her for regular talk therapy.
She is always open to go for walks if I bring it up.

She is a wonderful therapist. I had my children in my mid and late twenties so our lives are different in many ways bit we work well together.

Dyromii · Feb 27, 2020 at 01:12 PM

Struggle to remember my appointments, so definitely don't give T's home life a second thought, cld't be less interested.

precaryous · Feb 27, 2020 at 03:16 PM

I *dream* about being around PrevT and her family.

She is never related to me in the dream. But I dream about being in her home and around her family. She’s usually teaching me something or...there’s something wrong (with me in my dream life) and I’m frantically trying to phone her. I never can remember her phone number..I can see the numbers on the pay phone but I dial half of it, forget the rest, panic...and try to phone again.

SlumberKitty · Feb 27, 2020 at 03:20 PM

No, I can't say I've given it much thought one way or the other. Former T and Regular T were single and divorced respectively. Older, children out of the home if there were any. Pastor T is married, older, children out of the home. I guess I just figured they are like everyone else. Never spent much time thinking about it.

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Beth catches the flowers Member Since Jul 2019 Location: Downtown Vibes, California Posts: 15,701 (SuperPoster!) 4 23.7k hugs given	Feb 23, 2020 at 05:52 AM #23 Mostly, I imagine my T as a grandma (she is, and mentions her grandchildren fairly often). I can imagine her regular life to quite a degree. She's probably a fun person to be around, and her family most likely loves her. So yes, I'm moderately curious. But I'm not obsessed with her personal life. __________________
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Dyromii Junior Member Member Since Feb 2020 Location: Scotland Posts: 10 4 2 hugs given	Feb 27, 2020 at 01:12 PM #26 Struggle to remember my appointments, so definitely don't give T's home life a second thought, cld't be less interested.
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