Attachment In Therapy - Another Thread

[Pencil]

Thinking of you and hoping you are doing alright.

Thank you very much Justmehere! I'll be back to tell the tale - which is a good one!

 

[Skylynx]

Pencil, you are so articulate and intelligent, I'm just wondering if you might benefit from reading some recent attachment articles by Michael Bolint, Charles Chessick, Dr.Winnicott, etc. They go into attachment fears especially, and how they are treated in a positive, sensitive way rather than regarded as "bad".

You can read much about it on-line since finances are an issue. I have the dependency problems, too, with my Inner Kid, and if I need to change therapists I absolutely would ask the new one if he/she does therapy in the manner of those doctors I listed above. I would discuss it up front, rather than take a chance my T isn't sympathetic to Transference dependency . Easier said than done...eh?

 

[Pencil]

@Skylynx Thank you. I will have a look at it. From what I've read, it seems that there are people for whom therapy does 'not take hold' without physical contact, and I know it in my bones that that is the case with me.

 

[Hashi]

@Pencil, I'm going to be my usual annoying self :D and wonder why when you say that it feels like a dismissal of therapy rather than a move into the type of therapy that's right for you? Why not say:

it seems that some of us need physical contact in therapy, and I'm off to get me some therapy like that (and which includes the other things I've identified that I need)

...?

I told you I was going to be annoying. :D:D:D

 

[Pencil]

@Hashi, you're not annoying at all, I appreciate the input. I'm going to put together an explanation of what the difficulties are for me. I've never done it on here in a coherent way, so please just give me a bit of time. And then, don't say you didn't ask for it! :D I think that with your analytical approach I might get feedback that will help me over this mountain.

Again, thank you.