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Has anyone's T gotten married while you were in therapy with them? How did you find out? Did your T talk about it? How did you feel?
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Married no. However she started dating somebody and then moved in with him. He lived almost 2 hours away. I was
terrified she work decide the travel was too much and retire. She told me after the fact that at one point she considered moving her practice about and hour away. I told her I would travel. She decided she was too old to restart her practice. Plus she enjoyed the travel; She lived alone for so many years suddenly living with a man was an adjustment and she enjoyed the ride. This was the main reason I started seeing Emdr T. I was afraid she would retire and I would be left hanging. Since EMDR is supposedly so quick, I figured qe jen T did stop working I would be done with therapy forever Current T has been married for longer than I have been seeing her. __________________ Last edited by nottrustin; Aug 09, 2020 at 09:21 PM.. |
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My T has gotten divorced and remarried in the time I have been seeing her (nine years). I found out about the divorce when the nameplate on her door changed, followed by her telling me about it immediately after that at the beginning of the session. I found out several years later that she was getting married when I noticed her gigantic engagement ring in session.
I was pretty pissed off about her getting married for reasons that were difficult to explain and rooted in childhood trauma. I was afraid she would change things (move, quit her job, etc), and I felt left out and afraid of being abandoned. Our relationship has always felt parent/child to me, so the child aspect had all the fears you might expect they would have when the parent figure unilaterally decides to get remarried. That whole chapter was intense and unpleasant, but we worked through it and I feel fine about her being married now. I think wading through all those emotions was somewhat healing in the way that ruptures often are. She didn't end up moving or closing her practice (at least not so far), and she visits her husband (who still lives two hours away) every other weekend. I know this because she alternates our Friday session between their two houses with very different decor. |
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Yes my T got married. She mentioned it in passing and I realised I had some strong feelings about it so I discussed it with her. I have an erotic transference towards her which was part of it, but I was also scared that her marriage would mean things changing between us (I know this links to other stuff from the past). T is quite open about her life generally, it's how she works, but she is always equally open to hearing how anything in her life is affecting me and we talk about it, over and over if necessary.
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Yes, she told me ahead of time and talked about it in session... almost like she wanted me to be upset/jealous. She was a very bad T for me. My biggest thing was she showed me a picture of the guy she was marrying and he totally creeped me out. Later on I met him in person... just as creepy.
If it were current T he would tell me as I would pick up on him acting funny and I’m sure he would take some time off. If I was feeling brave I would ask all kinds of questions about the woman he was marrying. Had he been single when we started therapy I would not be able to imagine him with a wife and his getting married would be a huge trigger... so we’d talk about it a lot. __________________ There’s been many a crooked path that has landed me here Tired, broken and wearing rags Wild eyed with fear -Blackmoores Night |
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Two of my three were already married with kids. My last was divorced but in a committed relationship and they did move in together while I was seeing him as my therapist -- and eventually broke up and stopped living together. It wasn't something we talked about a lot. Just sort of gathered as we spoke about weekend plans, vacation plans, etc. My therapists were always pretty open book in a very casual way. It wasn't a big deal to share that kind of information.
How did I feel about that kind of information? It really wasn't about me, so I didn't really feel much about it. It was just information. Their life; their choices; their business. Cool for them when things were going well. Darn for them when it wasn't, but not much beyond that. No more than I would feel for that kind of information from most people I guess. All that said, I never thought it was any obligation of them to share anything with me, and I am quite certain they didn't share anything near everything with me -- that was certainly fine. I didn't share everything about my day-to-day life with them either. Some things I learned after-the-fact, like the relationship change, or a death in the family, or an illness. That was also fine. I certainly never felt like I should be anywhere near the top of the list for that information. |
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I'm upset about it, and I'm thinking about it, so I know I "should" talk about it, but I don't want to bring it up. She's going to know I'm upset about something. Sigh. I don't know what to do.
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Why don't you want to bring it up, if it's bothering you?
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Talk about it, is always my position. The last time my t got married, it was in NYC, and i somehow turned it into a story about how they honeymooned with a trek on a mule ride into the Grand Canyon. I think that meant i was not happy about it!
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My t is married. I had other ts who were either married or engaged. I find it maybe a bit strange that your t never told you, but it depends on the type relationship you two have or how he/she conducts therapy (mine talks about herself but other ts never do). I think it depends why you are upset. Is it because she didn’t think of sharing with you or the actual act of marriage is upsetting?
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Because I'm not supposed to know.
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Divine, it is because she didn't think of sharing it with me.
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Wow, what an amazing T to be willing to talk about anything, esp. something pertaining to her life - and what more, as much as needed, if it impacts her client. And I am in awe at your courage(?) and honesty in bringing these difficult topics up..
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I have considered that.
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Thank you, yes she is, and the only reason I can talk about these things so honestly is that she is so open to hearing how anything involving her impacts me.
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She might be very private person in general? When I got married I didn’t tell a ton of people, which actually upset some people and some people were not happy I didn’t do a wedding and eloped. But I felt it had nothing to do with them and I didn’t feel like I had to share private things? Just a thought |
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I don't think any of my Ts would even have considered letting me know re any marital changes. Lol, I'm not that important. More seriously, it's none of my business. They don't owe me any justification re their life choices.
I see it as a very clear demarcation between private and professional. So I would not expect them to keep me apprised of any changes to their personal, let alone their love, lives. |
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