I read this forum to find out how others do therapy - therapy being a great mystery to me and how others do it I find both interesting and sometimes horrifying. I enjoy humor and debate. I am not particularly possessive of threads I start or the therapist I see. The way I approach it seems to engender interest and horror in others.
I do not think you can save someone from their path, but reading how others approach things can make the path smoother or at least plant a seed of how things may become easier or different. Much like therapy (as far as I understand the psychodynamic type I do) the change or embracement of other ideas or approaches is probably not going to be sudden. And it may be two steps back or to the side to every one that is in a different direction. I feel supported when others play with me, tease me about my positions and in general seem to accept (not agree with but accept) that there are different ideas that can go and not take offense.
I often struggle with trying to be supportive of the person without seeming to encourage behavior that seems counter productive. Others, it seems to me, try to do it with me (all you attachment fiends). I appreciate the effort even if I disagree. I don't find the therapist I see particularly supportive in any way I would define it, and yet I do keep going back and handing her money.

What is support to you here or in therapy? (or anything else that won't get this thread moved)