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Originally Posted by shlump
Stopdog,
If someone is in T they have a desire to change that goes beyond sitting around *****ing about it. Anything other than at least a small desire to change is just wasting the T's time. One can always leave therapy and return when they are more willing to work on themselves.
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I said nothing about sitting around and *****ing about anything. And I don't think a client ever wastes a therapists time. Therapists get paid for their time. So at worst, a client wastes their own money. But I don't think that is for anyone else to say. What is a waste for one person is not necesarily a waste for someone else.
I just believe the client gets to choose how and when and what to change. Not the therapist. Plus I don't actually think a therapist can make someone change faster than that person is going to do so. I think of it as a balance - if I change x what will the results likely be and am I willing to pay that price for that particular change.