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Originally Posted by Red75
As I've mentioned a few times in this thread, I would not show my scars, at all, ever,( unless a client needed to see for some very specific reason, and I can't think of any reason!) also, as I've said, I would not practice if I was in a place where I was SI ing OR drinking too much, not sleeping, having bad relationship issues...because all of these can affect the therapeutic relationship.
I totally understand that people on here say that SI would be triggering for them, or too much disclosure (though again, I would not show the scars!) and I really respect that and thank them for their honesty. 
And I totally agree that, for some T's, a 'history' can help with empathy and understanding, and for some this is not beneficial. It's certainly not necessary. I will have studied for eight years by the time I qualify so I don't think I'm using any history to compensate for studying or qualifications....
But, wow, it's so unhelpful to be called thoughtless, when I am asking this question because I am hoping to ensure that I always consider the clients needs.  |
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say you are thoughtless. I meant that, if a T would show up at a random appointment with a random client and was wearing short sleeves because that's what she felt like doing, THAT would be thoughtless.
And I hadn't gathered/remembered that you had mentioned that you wouldn't show the scars - I thought you were talking about showing them.
Also re-reading my post I realize I was out of line. English is not my first language and while that is no excuse, it does make me come across harsher than I intend a lot of the time because I can't use figure of speech as well as in my own language.
My apologies. I didn't mean to imply you were thoughtless, I didn't mean to be unhelpful and I didn't mean to hurt you if I did.