Posted by Dinah on January 1, 2004, at 15:57:59
In reply to Re: transference » dragonfly25, posted by jane d on January 1, 2004, at 15:08:11
> > And in the broader definition Dinah used, where it is overreacting to things your therapist does based on your prior experiences with other people, it's something I've worked hard not to do. I don't see encouraging it as helpful.
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> JaneBut Jane, the reason it's helpful is that we don't have the insight to know we do it until our therapists point it out to us. There's no need to encourage it to a greater extent than we already do it. But if we do it in real life, it's useful also to do it in therapy so that our therapists know about it.
Or at least I think that's the theory.
(And I'm using "we" merely as a global we.)
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