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Originally Posted by Brown Owl
I quite often get a sense of disquiet when I read how therapists write about the therapy they do to clients. In this article the author suggests that the therapist start having one approach to dependency and then at some point shift. At no point does the therapist contemplate that the client may be a conscious thinking person who senses this shift and may be confused by it and that the therapist should be open about what they are doing.
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I totally agree. I don't quite know what to make of the article. It seems so unsurprising to me that the patient would have such deep and uncontrollable needs after the death of a parent. Why was so much suddenly taken from her in this time of need? It seems so unfair. Why didn't the T work with her on the acting out. It seemed to me that she was trying to communicate how much she needed to know that the other people who were there for her in caring role would really be there for her. Sometimes I think that T's just need to understand the communication, and not be so punitive.