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Originally Posted by archipelago
I personally don't go to therapy for reparenting. I want to be treated as an equal with mutuality and respect. There are elements of things I didn't get to experience as a child that are present in my therapeutic relationship, especially a kind of attunement and true caring, but I don't experience it as reparenting. I feel I have lacked certain skills and experiences that are normal between humans and I'm finally with someone healthy enough to model that behavior and a healthy relationship..
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I suppose I didn't consider reparenting in terms of power differential: my therapist always treats me with the utmost respect as I do her, with very rare exception where I've lost my temper. Rather, I do believe she excels in certain areas where I do not, I do depend on her to help me make sense of my issues, to have insight and to care deeply that I'm struggling and have had unrelieved pain. I'm not sure how we could do therapy without dependence, but it sounds like the difference might be between a teacher and parent- a matter of degree?