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Old Dec 01, 2012, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Antimatter View Post
I'm not a fan of interpretations, because they may be designed to help the patient understand herself, but the process of interpretation from a therapist is bound to be a function of his own feelings, thoughts, beliefs, understanding of psychology from his training, and possible existing/dissociative self-states.
This is why Ts are trained to be wary of countertransference.

My T says ":The expert on you is you".
By which she means that she's not going to impose a structure or a theory.

The downside is, it feels like she doesn't know anything.
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