Participation in therapy may be a valuable experience for everyone affected. The more interesting and knowledgeable Elizabeth became, the more ignorant her husband seemed to her. The more open-minded she became—the more gray she was able to perceive in a situation—the more black and white he became in order to reestablish equilibrium. She felt that she was “leaving someone behind.” That person was her—or more accurately, a part of her she no longer needed or wanted. She was, in her words, “growing up.”
