Why do therapists seem to leave Priscilla Robinson? My therapist told me he thinks I am in a love triangle. I got very excited. I asked him who else was in it.
"Your parents," he replied. I have since managed to evict one of them - although I am still trying t o work out which one went - so now there is a vacancy. I must post an ad: "Love Triangle. Wanted: third piece to fill a recent space. Must like neurotics and be able to cope with family dynamics (dysfunctional)."
I dropped a hint to my therapist that maybe he could take up the vacant position, temporarily of course. But he took this for a joke and I got the signal - he was getting in line to move on.
My therapists don't tend to stick around and I'm up to number eight now. Not that I leave them. Usually I am settling in nicely when they share their news of a master's in France or unexpected foreign travel. When people talk about serial monogamy, I sometimes wonder whether they mean me.
I am in therapy partly because I can't do trust very well. Now I see a pattern; my therapists find this out, then find a reason to leave. Is this some kind of aggressive regime I have fallen into? Are they all in league, trying to create the most messed-up-leave-her-for-dead client ever?
Time for another ad: "Wanted: therapist who won't leave me but, when the time is right, will let me leave. Must like neurotics and be able to cope with family dynamics (dysfunctional)."