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Old Feb 03, 2013, 11:51 AM
Syra Syra is offline
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Originally Posted by Anne2.0 View Post
That doesn't mean that every time a T does this, it's therapeutic. Sometimes it is hard to figure out whether what you're hearing is upsetting because it's your issue or if it's how the message is delivered by the T. Or because it wasn't the right time or a thousand other reasons. So I guess my perspective would be that I support the idea of T (or anyone) offering negative feedback in a reasonably sensitive manner, but that it can also be bungled. The client's job, at least in part, is to figure out how you can do a better job accepting the negative feedback, while also feeling free to tell the therapist how they affected you negatively.

My experience is that it was/is very easy to tell the different between a T telling me I'm X & y, said with disapproval and judgment and her own anger and pain, and a T suggesting that I'm doing X & Y. One is said in a supportive way. One is said in a distancing way. One is said to get me to stop something. THe other is said help me see more, and I am able to have my own viewpoint and the matter can be discussed. One the T does not own their own stuff. The other, T owns his own perceptions and feelings.
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