Posted by Dinah on June 15, 2011, at 8:16:28
In reply to Re: Angry, posted by Lamdage on June 14, 2011, at 23:52:16
It's true enough that no one outside the therapy room can really understand what's going on inside. I don't think Annabelle's posts as a whole are negative or untrusting towards her therapist.
And certain types of therapy work, in part, by providing very little information about the therapist as a person and examining the impressions and conclusions the client comes to with limited information.
It's like Dr. Bob. None of us really know Dr. Bob, he provides a very blank slate - more blank than most therapists could dream of providing. The way posters perceive him, or view the intentions behind his actions, has as much to do with the poster as it has to do with Dr. Bob. In a therapeutic setting, those perceptions can provide the heart of therapy. Revealing how the client views the world in a more direct way than mere retelling of what goes on in the outside world. It provides context to the therapist in the way the client's reporting on external matters can't quite do.
That, of course, is applicable in certain types of therapy and with a skilled therapist. Trust in the process can be dangerous if the therapist is unskilled, unscrupulous, insensitive, or damaged himself.
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