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Originally Posted by stopdog
And yet on many threads, many posters relate how good they feel when the therapist says it will be all right, or that the person is okay, or other such things. Curious indeed.
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Reassurance that we will get through what we are going through does help. I don't think that has much to do with belief or power as in how you stated your original question. Reassurance is about support and hope, maybe a bit about faith. Not really the same to me as believing something that isn't true or we don't feel is true.
My pdoc once told me he would find a way to help me feel better. I "believed" him, but it really was more about reassurance and hope than belief. It was about support and commitment.