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Originally Posted by Clementine K
The idea of 'the process' is perpetuated by the very people that profit from it.
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Originally Posted by Soccer mom
she wanted to space to hopefully lessen the transference and it was working. As long as I don't get triggered, it's ok. I almost told her it was working but it had only been a week and then I got triggered so never sent it.
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Originally Posted by Soccer mom
Right now she is heavily considering referring me.
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I don't think Soccer Mom's T has been trying to profit from the process- it's the T that wanted to space out sessions and refer her out, so I don't think her T was taking advantage of her feelings of neediness at all. I think Soccer Mom was actually right in the middle of the painful part of working through the transference, finally seeing what she was lacking and finding it very painful to face, and her T honored her discomfort with that by backing off as she indicated it was too much for her (for them both I think.) So the work was indeed coming from inside her, not being pushed on her by the T- those feelings that kept arising, and she's chosen a different direction. That doesn't make the therapy toxic or the therapist a profiteer.