10 Reasons why I Love my Therapist (because I complain about her often enough…)
1. Sessions are not limited to her office. When the weather’s nice, we’ll go walking together. Once, we went out for smoothies. Before the summer’s ended, she’s promised that we can go to the beach – and this was her idea, not mine, which makes it even cooler.
2. She lets me swear in her office. Occasionally, she swears with me. I like that.
3. She never gets annoyed with me if I don’t do the homework assignments she gives me (and there’ve been some pretty weird ones). Along the same lines, she never gives me homework assignments that she doesn’t think I’m ready for or that I flat-out don’t want to do.
4. She picks on me. I pick on her. We laugh a lot, and I like this because it balances out all the serious things we talk about. She likes to laugh, and I like her because she laughs, and because she forces me to not take things so seriously.
5. She says she’s pleased with me, and says it frequently. Apparently, therapists are not supposed to tell their clients that they’re proud of them, because it encourages maternal feelings toward their patients, or some junk like that. So she cheats and says she’s pleased with me, instead.
6. When she says/does things that are out of line (which has only happened once or twice) she apologizes and says that she was out of line. Which I think is awfully cool.
7. She’s not a hypocrite. All the things that she wants for me to be – assertive, confident, comfortable with myself, etc. – she also is for herself. She’s a great role model.
8. She’s blunt. If she thinks I’m feeding her a line of bolonga, she’ll call me on it. It’s as simple as that.
9. She’s sarcastic, but not nasty-like sarcastic. I have a thing for sarcasm and dry humor.
10. She’s anal as all get-out. To the point where she should probably be diagnosed with obsessive personality disorder, which she will readily admit to. She admits a lot of things about herself, and yet still manages to maintain client/professional boundaries, which is admirable.
Did I mention that she’s going to take me to the beach?
I especially loved this one….sounds like you two have a great relationship..it sounds….the opposite of boring.
I can relate to many of these from when I met with a counselor my freshman year of college, mostly 2, 7, & 8.