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Old Jul 21, 2007, 02:20 AM
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The one case that stuck in my craw was the only with the overweight lady. He talked basically about overcoming his bias against fat people...his self admitted revulsion.

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I was kind of taken aback by his feelings toward overweight people also. I did find him very human for sharing this with his readers, as therapists are supposed to show empathy for all their clients, not just the thin ones, so this kind of made him look bad (sharing was a humble thing to do rather than arrogant). It reminded me of a therapist's website I visited once where he described the services he provided, among which was holding therapy, where he would put his arms around the client to comfort them. He said, however, he could not provide this service to fat people due to his personal revulsion. But lucky for them, he could still provide talk therapy.
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