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Originally Posted by stopdog
I hate having the term resistent used at me. I think it is a term usually used by therapists when they get frustrated by their lack of skill and so blame the client.
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Resistance is a useful concept, and I have certainly resisted in my time.
However, Ts are trained to recognise resistance and to overcome it. It's not supposed to be an excuse to blame the patient.
Eg:
http://www.sageofasheville.com/pub_d...TERED_VIEW.pdf
As I understand this (perhaps poorly), the patient resists when the therapist tries to go too fast, and especially when she tries to tell the patient what is wrong before he realises it himself.
SPECULATION:
T thinks she has the answer and doesn't listen to what the patient has to say. The patient feels bullied and manipulated into a viewpoint he is not ready for. He resists.