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Originally Posted by stopdog
To me, the therapist is choosing not to work with the client. Not that the client is choosing not to work with the therapist. A client does not have to turn themselves over to the therapist and let the therapist insist on what the issues for the client are of let the therapist do whatever they want to the client/insist on how the client must be. It seems here that the therapist is not sticking to why the client hired her but is trying to take over the client.
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To me, it's okay if the t chooses not to work with the client. We don't know why the client hired her. If the client says, "don't look here for a problem" and the t sees that that is exactly where the problem is - the client did give her a hint, after all! - at first, it is probably irresistible to the t. The client is practically begging for help in changing this aspect of themselves. But the client is not aware - they are just looking for someone to buy into their definition of reality. Which is what I call a relationship.