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Originally Posted by Syra
Yes & Yes.
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If both are occuring its either; frustration, over your desire to work, and the inability or inaction of the therapist,
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a rupture or misunderstanding of some part of the therapeutic relationship (or frame, even.) You need, in this case to backtrack to find where the misperception or misunderstanding occured.
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The first is tougher to solve than the second; Its indicative of an overwhelming inflexible component, either in your or the therapist's self:
Sometimes client and therapist battle, due to subconscious defenses that conflict. This requires talking it out, honestly, and each side giving a little, to let the work continue.
Sometimes the client brings in defenses, so sharpened to perceived attacks, and able to deflect that its brutally difficult to work with. The inability to penetrate an impenetrable facade is just a reality of therapy. Therapists have a limit to their ability to do intentional interviewing in the face of a brick wall. A different methodology and/or a T with more emotional(/compassionate) 'fuel' to continue is probably indicated.
Lastly, a therapist can be stuck themselves, in either a belief that a client has to work in a certain way, or the fact that they are right and the client is wrong. If this relates to the frame or boundaries, the therapist could have a genuine point (see above.) Or if it relates to the work itself, this could be justified in prior experience by the therapist, but the client is a new person, and the T is conflating or confusing the two.