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Originally Posted by Petra5ed
The way I view it therapists are selling trust. Without trust there is no therapeutic relationship, and IMO with this being the case therapists are responsible for making sure what can be found on Google they wouldn't mind being found. If my therapist couldn't do this then I wouldn't be able to do therapy with him, that simple.
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Yes exactly!
A therapist is selling his or her time and is selling reliability and trust.
In the case of therapy, the product is the person. We all research products to make prudent buying decisions.
Therapy is just weird because there's nothing like it to compare to for a perfect analogy.
The "magic" in the unfolding of our therapeutic relationship came from T's surprising and comforting reactions to my disclosures and a delightful shared sense of humor. This is stuff I couldn't find on the Internet.
And that relationship wouldn't have been possible if I didn't feel secure.
(With my first therapist, I didn't search enough quite honestly. If I had, I could've avoided the magical surprise of therapist abandonment. But that's another story.)
...When I return home from out of town, I search the whole house and look in all the closets. Then, having found nothing suspicious, I relax into home and enjoy being there. Same with T.