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Originally Posted by BudFox
I think my T is a fixer and rescuer type, and couldn't face that the process was traumatizing me (the first of your reasons). So she kept going. We ended up in a dangerous middle ground -- well past the point of causing harm but with nothing resolved.
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This is a classic scenario when the therapist has a rescuer complex and heroically stays on the mission of rescuing the client when not doing so would benefit the client much more as well as spare the therapist much stress. Nothing good comes from the attempts to rescue people. The desire to rescue someone is usually ego-driven. It doesn't come from compassion.