tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post115887335026035736..comments2024-03-14T03:16:23.482-05:00Comments on Everyone Needs Therapy: Why I relate to you and Self-disclosuretherapydochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05088184676439578876noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-32607937905144737942008-05-29T19:20:00.000-05:002008-05-29T19:20:00.000-05:00Wendy, what a nightmare! Thanks for sharing.Wendy, what a nightmare! Thanks for sharing.therapydochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088184676439578876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-23327369044979976552008-05-29T17:11:00.000-05:002008-05-29T17:11:00.000-05:00I wish I had read this before I "broke up" with my...I wish I had read this before I "broke up" with my therapist. 4 years, very traumatic stuff, incest, son's suicide, psychotic episodes, learning trust. But he disclosed ALOT of stuff about himself. Then one night, having a raging episode, I called to cancel our next apppointment and he asked if I was suicidal - I said no and then he started raging about calling the police, involutary commitment, firing words at me faster than I could answer - who the hell was this. I stammered that if that was his stand, then I was terminating therapy. The next day, I called to appologize and was called by an other therapist in the practice to patiently explain to me that once you terminate therapy, there is a no-contact rule!!! Fortunately, my new therapist isn't so interested in herself and is more interested in helping me with my issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-1159243653885264582006-09-25T23:07:00.000-05:002006-09-25T23:07:00.000-05:00Very true about the caffeine addiction. Started ab...Very true about the caffeine addiction. Started about 15 and never looked back, but seriously, it's only 3 cups half calf in the morning and one at tea-time (4pm) or whenever I start to get sleepy at work. IS THAT SO BAD?<BR/><BR/>In college I lived in a dorm with some very good artists. They convinced me that I could certainly be one, too (such liars). <BR/><BR/>I got A's in design but flunked drawing and called my mom who told me I had good people skills and should go into social work. <BR/><BR/>What was she thinking, right?<BR/><BR/>What is REALLY interesting is that in the gap between 6th grade (wanting to become a psychiatrist) all the way to my last year at the U of I, I completely forgot about my calling. Never even considered it.<BR/><BR/>I like to say that developmental stages are so exclusive, so unique that they are like living in different worlds.therapydochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088184676439578876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-1159239556596194912006-09-25T21:59:00.000-05:002006-09-25T21:59:00.000-05:00Such an interesting post. But I feel obligated to...Such an interesting post. But I feel obligated to tell your readers that your addiction? Is caffeine. Also, I thought you wanted to be an artist when you grew up?Margohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12318757890145663883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-1159153987663366852006-09-24T22:13:00.000-05:002006-09-24T22:13:00.000-05:00Yer gonna' love it, Cham.And Mimi? I am not happy...Yer gonna' love it, Cham.<BR/><BR/>And Mimi? I am not happy.therapydochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088184676439578876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-1159150135938204892006-09-24T21:08:00.000-05:002006-09-24T21:08:00.000-05:00Interesting that this post comes after the one tha...Interesting that this post comes after the one that serves as self disclosure about yourself! Anyway all this stuff you are talking about here is what I have spent some times this past week doing in class...countertransference, self disclosure, focusing on the client. I think I am making the right decision here going into this...I think I will like it:-) Shana TovaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-1159019414426249472006-09-23T08:50:00.000-05:002006-09-23T08:50:00.000-05:00If the therapist interjects a personal experience ...If the therapist interjects a personal experience into discussion about my issue, I will take it as just that... not something professional but as a friend would do.<BR/>Does the therapist want to be my friend? Than by all means, share your story (or pieces of it) when it is in context. But don't be surprised if I then take what you say no more seriously than I would what a friend says to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-1158959086737993982006-09-22T16:04:00.000-05:002006-09-22T16:04:00.000-05:00AAhhh, so we meet the Therapydoc after all. Exactl...AAhhh, so we meet the Therapydoc after all. <BR/>Exactly what getting naked is all about - scary, a little embarrassing but exhilarating. (Don't ask how I know this)<BR/>Shana Tova, Therapydoc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com