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Originally Posted by archipelago
I'm curious though. You cite Partless who makes a point about tighter boundaries. Do you think that this therapist had loose boundaries because he tolerated an angry outburst even when it started to make him wonder? Or do you think he had good boundaries because he was able to control his personal response and realize it was not him being attacked, but the patient's needs to be angry? One is about controlling the behavior in the environment. The other is more about controlling the effects of internal/interpersonal relating and especially countertransference.
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I think the therapist you're describing here has very appropriate boundaries. It could be due a little to his analytic philosophy, but I think it has more to do with his clinical inpatient experience. Doctors and t's who work in hospitals and locked units see and experience everything, so they can handle the most difficult patients. Private practice Ts who dont have such experience generally have a less demanding clientele and might have a lower stress threshold. Thanks for sharing this is. It's very interesting and definitely reassuring.