Discussion Do your therapists/psychiatrists get emotional?

[m1v]

Hello, I recently started seeing a psychiatrist again, and she's different from the one I used to see. Sometimes when I talk about more sensitive topics and start getting teary, she also gets teary.

I was wondering, does your psychiatrist ever cry with you? This is a first for me, and I'm not really sure how to feel about it. I don't mind it at all, it just caught me off guard. (and made me sad even more!) Usually when I see professionals they stay very composed and never cry.

I can't tell if she's trying to comfort me by sharing the emotion, or if she genuinely feels deeply affected by what I'm saying. Maybe it's both. I'm just not sure how to interpret it. Would love to hear you guys' experiences.

 

[LaetumCat]

I haven't been to many therapists/psychiatrists, but none of them ever cried or expressed negative emotion. Usually little to no emotion, and if soke emotion then it was usually surprise.

 

[Thia]

My old therapist cried once when I talked about my suicide ideation.

 

[doomedbynarrative]

Yep. A few sessions ago I told my therapist that I felt like my existence could be categorized as "cosmic trash" and I saw her facial expression just twist with pain for a second. She did really well as reeling it back in. I'm sure she had to take five after my appointment...