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The purpose of confrontation in therapy is for the therapist to pick up discrepancies in your story that you are not aware of... and to either directly or indirectly call your attention to it so you can gain some insight on what's not matching up.

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What is "confrontation in therapy"? What does it look like? I'm wondering if my T has ever done it. Is it when the T makes a challenging interpretation that he knows the client won't like? Is it when the client says something and the T says "bulls**t!" Just trying to get a feel for what this means....

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Hahahahaha, I'm sorry, I just keep picturing myself telling my T something, and T slamming something down on the table and yelling, "NO! THAT'S BULL****!!"

Here is an example of confrontation in therapy:

Suppose I am consistently telling my T over the course of a couple sessions, that all I want, is for people to leave me alone. I tell him that I don't even want to see anyone; I just want to be in isolation. However, here and there within my story, I mention how much I hate when my husband goes places without me. The confrontation comes when T points out the descrepancy in my story. It may go something like: You say that you desire isolation, yet I am hearing that you can't bear when your husband goes somewhere without you.

So basically it's when the T points out a discrepancy in the story.

It can be done many ways, even with body language.

(You say that you have a great relationship with your mother; yet I notice that every time you talk about her, you hit your fist into your hand).

My T does this kind of stuff all the time. It's very helpful. As a T, you can sense when the client is ready to handle confrontation. It's not something that should be done in the early stages, as it may anger or confuse the client.