Posted by Pfinstegg on December 28, 2004, at 10:19:40
I have gotten really curious: I feel I've gotten to know quite a lot about how various posters' Ts think, feel and interact, but I don't know what they look like. There was an ancient thread, "The Perfect Therapists Club", which sort of hinted at how some of them looked, but I've forgotten most of the details.
I am willing to describe mine: Age 56, 6'4", thin and athletic, except his knees are a bit painful and stiff from, I suspect, old athletic injuries. He has a full head of thick, dark-turning-grey curly hair, which he wears kind of long. As he nears the time for another haircut, his hair gets curlier and curlier- he is not even a bit bald. He has a mustache, not curly, but quite thick. He is handsome- has a very strong profile, and large, strong features. His eyes are blue-grey and very gentle and warm: his voice, too, is very gentle. He has beautiful hands, with long fingers, which he usually rests on his thighs in very relaxed positions. He has a nice, genuine smile, and is not afraid to be spontaneous with it. In general, he IS very spontaneous, interacting with me on all sorts of levels all the time. Sometimes I think that I don't even know half of what is happening between us! He has a wonderful laugh- the best times are when we get through some really hard issues, and then just share a laugh together about any old thing. He wears tweed jackets, a tie and grey slacks most days in the winter, but usually takes his jacket off in the summer. I always notice teaching days, because he wears a suit then. If you saw him walking down the street, you would not think he looked particularly like a psychoanalyst; you would note the energy, and athletic walk, the good looks. You might think he was a professor- which he also is!
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