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Originally Posted by Fixated
I thought part of a T's job was to go down the path with the client. Even if it weren't about gender and were instead about the relationship of the person to Precious Things, it would still be important for T to realize that and mirror it until he found an appropriate time to broach the why of the word choice.
I am not suggesting that Precious Things' T should be lambasted for this, but I wanted her to know that I thought her feelings about a T noticing those things was valid.
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Why should a therapist go down the same path if it leads to colluding with the client? An "appropriate time to broach the why" is very subjective, and without asking the therapist why he chose that time or those words, we are making assumptions about what he should have said or done when we don't have all the information we need either, because we still don't even know that he didn't notice.
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Conversation with my therapist:
Doc: "You know, for the past few weeks you've seemed very disconnected from your emotions when you're here."
Me: "I'm not disconnected from my emotions. I just don't feel anything when I'm here."
(Pause)
Me: "Doc, why are you banging your head against the arm of your chair?"
Doc: "Because I'm not close enough to a wall."
It's official. I can even make therapists crazy.
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