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Originally Posted by BudFox
I say the T has about 90% of the responsibility. Their job is to provide a safe container for the client to express possibly painful and traumatic deep stuff. That is a HUGE responsibility.
And if they are not competent, it can be like "a child playing with a live bomb" as someone said.
I would go further than the word "limitations". Any process that can end with someone emotionally and psychologically destabilized and then terminated against their will is more like deeply flawed or fundamentally dishonest -- depending on how often this happens.
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I tend to agree with Stopdog's line of thinking (though I probably have more bias) in that I don't think anyone should put too much faith into their therapist and I don't think a T should let their clients do this either. The relationship should be collaborative and I find it disturbing when I hear about the amount of Ts who seem to encourage a child like dependency on them. I do think this is a problem that should he monitored and addressed as the therapists fault when this happens. I think it is cruel and says a lot about the T. A lot of people who've been through the MH system become Ts and while I don't think that's wrong at all, I still think there are some that seem to have personality or ego issues. I also think clients should be wary of anyone who claims to have the answers of the ability to heal. They don't - they are a tool in process but they are not the healer.