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Originally Posted by puzzle_bug1987
I am VERY against it. I think it is extremely harmful to many people and I think it is unethical. It's useless. You can't fix the past and you can't make up for what your parents lacked and especially not with a therapist. UGH. No, just no, no, no.
I mean, what happens when the therapy is over? I am not putting down anyone who is doing this, but I think it is really irresponsible of a therapist to engage in this type of therapy. Most people who think it works are still in it and the therapy hasn't ended. What happens then? It scares me for those people, the potential pain and harm and damage it can cause.
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Puzzle Bug, I sense a kind of anger and hurt behind your response. Did a therapist tried to do this with you once and resulted in traumatizing you (for ending too early or not doing it right?) If so, I'm sorry you experienced that, I can not imagine how painful that must have been, given the kind of regression that probably must occur for reparenting to become the central part of therapy.
And that's one of the real dangers. Assuming reparenting works, at least to some extent, for people who have had difficult childhood, what could be worse than bringing all those emotions and thoughts to the surface only for the therapist to cause more damage or abandon person in this state of mind?