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Originally Posted by stopdog
I don't think therapists have to be able to do themselves everything clients want assistance with. They have to keep their stuff away from it - but I don't think they have to be able to do it. But I don't think therapists are necessarily any less prone to living screwed up lives then their clients - they just have to be aware of it so they don't put it on the client.
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Yes and no. But not being able to face one's own stuff and deal with it is going to lead to problems with genuineness. The T is going to have to 'hide' part of themselves and the client will feel the distance there.
This kind of distance, AFAIKS, is what Mona is currently dealing with with her T.
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