• @essell
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    646 months ago

    I am a therapist and frequently think I’d love to be friends with my clients if we’d met under different circumstances.

    Well, some of them.

    • Dharma Curious (he/him)
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      246 months ago

      I am actually friends with my former therapist. I had to change insurance because the one I was using was no longer offered on the marketplace. Couldn’t see her anymore. She let me continue seeing her for like 1/4 her normal rate for a few months until I could get into a different doctor. Now we text, chat, and see each other at pride (she is a 65+ straight, cis, married woman in southern US). If I’m going to be in the city where she’s at, we’ll occasionally get lunch or something. She’s awesome.

      Oddly enough, though, I think that level of friendliness messed with the actual therapy. Love her to death, but we did more chit chatting than actually delving into anything, and I got so fond of her that I began to get embarrassed sharing anything that I wouldn’t already share with friends/family.

      The human brain sucks sometimes. Lol.

    • M137
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      146 months ago

      I wonder what the overlap is of those who think the same of you.

      • @essell
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        176 months ago

        Reasonably high would be my guess. 75% or so. If only because that’s how friendships usually work.

        • @takenaps
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          36 months ago

          That’s a great attitude!

  • Nougat
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    526 months ago

    Imagine thinking someone would be your friend.

  • @[email protected]
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    296 months ago

    If you feel this, that’s good because it means you really vibe with your therapist and are more comfortable being honest and vulnerable with them. If you feel no connection at all to your therapist that’s probably not ideal!

    • @[email protected]
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      76 months ago

      Likely! There’s that chance they’re really good at acting as the kind of person you’d vibe with and that’s who you feel you’re kinda friends with.

      Thankfully, on the clock, they’re just about one and the same :)

  • @ExplosiveLynx
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    146 months ago

    I’m a man and I still like to think my therapist and I would be friends under different circumstances.

  • @Lumisal
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    116 months ago

    I’m a friend and I’d like to believe my friend and I could be therapists under different circumstances.