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I have trouble reading these academically-oriented things. But this stuck out for me in the beginning:
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we propose that one of the mechanisms of building and repairing the therapeutic relationship is processing the relationship, which we define as direct communication about the relationship. In other words, we speculate that if therapists and clients directly address in the here and now their feelings about each other and about the inevitable problems that emerge in the therapy relationship (also called metacommunication or relational work), feelings will be expressed and accepted, problems will be resolved, the relationship will be enhanced, and clients will transfer their learning to other relationships outside of therapy
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This kind of thing sets off "danger" signals to me. It would never have been allowed in my family -- would have provoked an intense and angry response. Wonder if T's take this kind of experience in to account...