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Feb 19, 2013, 12:07 PM
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Member Since: Dec 2012
Location: California
Posts: 2,248
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CantExplain
(Sorry guys! Yet another thread triggered by the same session.)
You have to prove to me that you will not take my power by force.
Love,
CE
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I'm confused. What power is it that she has over you. I'm thinking of my experience in therapy, and the only power I can think of that the therapist has is the power to terminate me. But I can choose what to talk about. Even if the therapist tries to force me to talk about something, they can't make me. The only threat they have is to threaten to terminate. If the only way the therapist can get me to talk is to threaten to terminate, I'm thinking it's probably not a great therapeutic relationship. Sometimes we'll talk about why I find it hard to talk about "x." or what I'm afraid of if I talk about "x" or some other backdoor that I can handle. Or we'll switch to another topic, or angle, that we both think is an issue and I am willing to talk about it. Rarely is there just ONE thing that can be talked about.
I imagine I'm missing something. What power is she holding over you?
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