The French word is rapprochement and refers to the beginning of independence when the child needs a "secure base" from which to move out and explore the world. I do think that stages of therapy are like this. But I don't see it as an experiment or a cage.

I do think it is possible and even likely that some therapists make it seem that way though. I know this from being at a school for psychologists. It was so scientifically oriented that I wondered how people would deal with real humans. I'm glad I'm not there because it was a bad model. So I can imagine if others are trained in that model, they would not be the kind of therapist I would want to either be or see.