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Old Mar 27, 2014, 01:55 AM
brillskep brillskep is offline
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Interesting topic, but to be honest I'm a little disappointed after having read the article. From the title, I was hoping for something about therapists' view of the world and how that can influence where therapy is going - sometimes where the client wants it, sometimes, unfortunately, not quite ... (not just thoughts about some techniques working or not, I mean I think there's no one-size-fits-all either way). I've seen therapists who have a directly relational what's-happening-in-the-room-between-us with anyone, no matter the issue, and I've seen therapists who try to forget they are in the room at all and act like they're not in the therapeutic relationship and like anything that happens comes from the client when that isn't true. I find both extremes to be as much of a blind spot.

It's making me think about my and my therapist's blind spots are, though, and how these influence therapeutic approach. I don't mean blind spots in the way the article means them, but rather like a sort of preconceptions, ideas about the world which don't necessarily have to be true. Now I'm thinking I should also write an article / blog post about blind spots in my view ... I like the topic. well, at least when I'm done writing what's on my writing list already.

Thank you for posting. It's good food for thought.
Thanks for this!
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