tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post5826804816645182797..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: My Recycled Post, Back Again After Technical DifficultiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-69278190582274594442007-12-31T15:37:00.000-05:002007-12-31T15:37:00.000-05:00When I ended mu sessions with a psychotherapist la...When I ended mu sessions with a psychotherapist last year, I really wanted to give something as recognition of how much the work we had done had helped. He had got me to keep a record of positives - things I had done or others had said that provided evidence of my "worth" - as part of my therapy. So for him I got a nice notebook and, on each page, wrote one of the things he had done which I was grateful for, like "Thank you for all the time you have given me" and then decorated it, scrapbooking style. He seemed to really appreciate it, and it helped me to accept what was a difficult thing, the end of a supportive and positive therapeutic relationship.Disillusionedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03250678226289036634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-18121160784324022962007-12-26T19:45:00.000-05:002007-12-26T19:45:00.000-05:00The best gift my hubby got as a resident was when ...The best gift my hubby got as a resident was when a patient mailed him a rock, with hubby's name painted over it, to be used as a paperweight. There was a little note saying ' A happy patient, four days, room so-and-so'. I thought it was such a wonderful way of giving.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-62563413136295223872007-12-26T03:05:00.000-05:002007-12-26T03:05:00.000-05:00A mild expression of thanks, like a card on the ho...A mild expression of thanks, like a card on the holidays, is probably an ok thing for many pt-pdoc situations, unless you are in analysis or intense psychotherapy, where the act of giving becomes "grist for the mill." But I think that giving a card is a long way off from creepy-stalker-type-with-attachment-issues. Mailing me a dead rat in a box... <I>that</I> would qualify as CSTWAI!Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08735111026336537653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-77999916477647140642007-12-25T23:04:00.000-05:002007-12-25T23:04:00.000-05:00Dinah,Thanks for the trouble you went to! I'm actu...Dinah,<BR/>Thanks for the trouble you went to! I'm actually leaving this comment from my new iPod touch! Cool, huh? Happy holidays!!<BR/><BR/>Take care,<BR/>CarrieNeoNurseChichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16120931307124798416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-70131582988790301962007-12-25T14:09:00.000-05:002007-12-25T14:09:00.000-05:00I always felt that it would be completely inapprop...I always felt that it would be completely inappropriate to give a psychiatrist anything, even a card. I have a lot of gratitude toward my psychiatrist but felt there was no acceptable way to express it, which is sort of unfortunate. I am pretty shocked that apparently people DO give gifts and it's considered okay. I always figured that would be a great way to get yourself labeled as a creepy stalker type with attachment issues.<BR/><BR/>Anyway ... Merry Christmas, everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-32183576102551063692007-12-24T14:34:00.000-05:002007-12-24T14:34:00.000-05:00In a slight reverse of the topic, I was actually v...In a slight reverse of the topic, I was actually very surprised to get a Christmas card from my therapist this year. I don't know if it was because I am also a physical therapy patient (her and her husband have a joint mental/physical therapy practice), but it was surprising. Not unwelcome, just unexpected.fishofdeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04031508153510796228noreply@blogger.com