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Old Dec 07, 2010, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by soniyou View Post
I've only had a few sessions with this T. He decided that instead of sitting and talking to eachother, I should lie on a couch and he sits behind me...I'm not sure of that solution...
That is the classic psychoanalytic position. I think it is supposed to reduce the amount of interference between the patient and the T, so the patient can express herself more easily -- and also so the T can do things unobserved by the patient! It works for some and not for others, I suspect.
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