Thread: Reparenting
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Old Jan 19, 2014, 11:29 AM
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I've studied some about reparenting. I would recommend to learn self-reparenting - that can be very healing. However, I'm not so sure about a therapist reparenting the client or a group of clients. Jacqui Schiff's practice shows how very wrong reparenting can go. I'm fine with some parenting-like interactions in therapy and they can be helpful on occasion, depending on the situation. I've experienced some of that. But in my opinion the purpose is always to see a healthy option to self-reparent - not to have that type of relationship with a therapist. I think reparenting in general can be rather patronizing and dismissive of a person's own ability to heal and grow.
Thanks for this!
anilam