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Old Dec 09, 2012, 12:59 PM
Anne2.0 Anne2.0 is offline
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Originally Posted by hankster View Post
Who is judging? Seriously was the OP raised catholic - that was my first impression, because I almost had the same argument. You're bringing a judging third person into the therapy room - why? Why do you need to defend yourself against the T? Have you never had anyone be on your side? My family of origin was not; I believe my t is; but I still fight against resistance. It's like trying to straighten scoliosis.
Well, the OP was court ordered into therapy, so he likely has a different relationship to his therapist and therapy than others who voluntarily go. It might not work the same in every country or every state or every county, but from what I know, when someone is ordered to go to therapy as a result of a criminal case (sometimes after conviction, sometimes as a deferment to being prosecuted), their T has to write periodic progress reports back to the court. Kind of turns client confidentiality on its head and it does turn the T relationship into something that includes, literally, a judging component. Even if it is the T not judging, then it's the judge judging if the client has made enough progress to continue to justify the person being in therapy rather than some other consequence, like going to jail.
Thanks for this!
unaluna