"I feel that I am too attached personally." Well I imagine some professionals here would say to be carefull with that. But again...I am on the "other end" and look at things from a different perspective. Why is it such a bad thing to really care about this girl? And is it a bad thing for her to KNOW this? If she is EVER going to open up it most certainly will not be with a therapist who "just pretends." And trust me...you CAN'T fake it. I can't tell you the dynamics of what to "do" during session with her nor what your chances are of getting her to talk. But I CAN tell you that if she is strongly opposed to changing therapists I'd be willing to bet she feels "something" positive towards you. Trust...affection...SAFE??? And "abandoning" her (as you guys would say) isn't the answer! If you want to send her to someone else because they use different techniques...well...isn't it possible that YOU can learn them as well and put them to use with her? I have to say I don't envy you or anyone else in the mental health field. I empthasize with how hard it must be to deal with us (clients) day after day. But you know what? I am SO grateful to have a compassionate, CARING therapist I can turn to. AND thank God he is patient too. Perhaps we don't say thank you as often as we should...BUT... we certainly do feel it... Honestly we do.
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