Posted by twinleaf on September 28, 2007, at 16:12:32
In reply to Re: I'm not feeling well » twinleaf, posted by RealMe on September 27, 2007, at 22:01:25
I think it's great that you can go to these conferences, and, as you mentioned a while ago, actually CHAT with your own therapist! Of course, you are a colleague also, and that probably comes to the fore at those times.
Although I have had a year of residency training in psychiatry, along with four in neurology, I'm not really a colleague. so I can't quite imagine chatting. I'm very interested in the conferences, though- both because of myself, and because I see a lot of patients with major problems long-term, and whatever psychiatric knowledge I have is very helpful in helping them deal with the enormous problems and losses they face.
As far as my former analyst talking about termination is concerned: he threw me out of his office very suddenly, almost yelling at me to "get out!". I was so hurt and traumatized by this, as I was very attached to him, had been with him for four years (five days a week), and had no inkling that this was going to happen. And now he is the keynote speaker on termination, and the importance of doing it so that the patient does not feel abandonned! In some ways, I feel that I'd like to hear what he has to say; in other ways, I feel that it will hurt me again- and also, that it might disturb him to see me in the audience. Well, it's not until November 11, so I have time to think about it.
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