Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Working with a therapist

I must say that I'm surprised that after almost 2 years it feels like my therapist and i don't get along. It's been a couple of years of off and on working together.
I try and figure out if this is our norm. Looking back at our previous therapist, it felt like we hit it off right away. She and I always had something to talk about. Even when nonverbal people showed up, seems like they wrote or exchanged information. It's like previous T and us had a number of things in common as we would talk about movies, books or clothes.
Yeah, people were always touching her clothes and talking about her wardrobe, lol. What was that all about? But it was cool. It was good. I daresay we always got along.
There were a couple of times that we missed appointments. Hindsight tells me it was due to our own embarrassment or confusion. After missing an appointment or two she would contact us, take time out of her busy schedule and actually write to us. We still have those letters. They are our treasures.
See, we always knew she cared on some level. The fact that she would reach out to us kinda blew our mind.
This therapist, just don't know. It always feels like a cattle call, just another client, a other number, a other insurance payment. It doesn't make sense.
We seriously have nothing in common. But I guess if shes a decent therapist we should be okay. Just always feels like something is missing and astray.
Just makes me wonder if we are at the right, bestest place for us.
It's currently the least painful option.

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