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Originally Posted by CantExplain
I agree. It is the therapist's job to win the patient's trust. If she doesn't, the failure is hers.
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I'm not sure if I do totally agree. I think trust is very fragile and can be easily broken and we need to feel safe. However I think we need to take a few risks ourselves - we can be told, know logically that a ladder is safe to climb, but it is ultimately us who has to put our foot on the rungs of the ladder. Also is it realistic to think that trust is ever completely unbreakable? Is it our response to breaches in trust and our ability to make ourselves feel safe and OK, that which is most important?