BigBirdsSister
Confident
I get along well with my therapist. She isn't doing anything wrong or anything to make me feel this way. She validates me and reassures me any time I need it that she doesn't see me as attention seeking or other negatives I worry about.
I worry though that she doesn't like me, or like working with me and that she is good to me ONLY because she is a good therapist, which would be fair enough. I still trust her, and can still tell her most things but it bugs me a lot. I worry about things like "has she run out of empathy for me"...but in fairness I never believe that anyone would have empathy for me because I don't feel it is deserved. I don't mean like me, as in I want her to like me enough to be a friend type of liking...I just want her to like me enough that she doesn't dislike working with me.It might be worth noting that within sessions we laugh a lot.
Should I talk to her about it? Or leave it because it doesn't stop me telling her things. It does hinder me letting her closer though. Her modality of therapy tends to rely on the therapeutic relationship as part of the healing I think, so maybe its important to tell her my worries. I don't want to sound pathetic though.
I worry though that she doesn't like me, or like working with me and that she is good to me ONLY because she is a good therapist, which would be fair enough. I still trust her, and can still tell her most things but it bugs me a lot. I worry about things like "has she run out of empathy for me"...but in fairness I never believe that anyone would have empathy for me because I don't feel it is deserved. I don't mean like me, as in I want her to like me enough to be a friend type of liking...I just want her to like me enough that she doesn't dislike working with me.It might be worth noting that within sessions we laugh a lot.
Should I talk to her about it? Or leave it because it doesn't stop me telling her things. It does hinder me letting her closer though. Her modality of therapy tends to rely on the therapeutic relationship as part of the healing I think, so maybe its important to tell her my worries. I don't want to sound pathetic though.