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Originally Posted by WikidPissah
I can't really answer your question, but I have been thinking about it and came up with a thought. Men usually know when a woman is into them. It's called feremones (???) We give off an air, unconsciously. A look, a smile, a laugh. We posture ourselves differently. Given the intimacy of the therapeutic relationship it makes sense that T would pick up on this stuff. Especially since T's look at the whole person, how your dressed from week to week etc. I had a T once tell me he knew I was depressed because I hadn't been wearing earrings for a couple of weeks. They see stuff before we say it, powers of observation.
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I think they know us pretty well. They ought to - we've been telling them our innermost secrets for years!
But I also think they have been trained not to presume too much. "I may
think I know this patient, and there are some things I'm pretty sure of that the patient doesn't know herself. Nevertheless, I must always remember that this is an illusion. I must always be prepared to change my mind. Some of things I 'know' are wrong, and I will harm the patient if I cling too hard to this false knowledge."
That's my fantasy.