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Old Sep 09, 2015, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Lauliza View Post
People here are very supportive when posters write about their negative therapy experiences.
My experience is that it's very mixed. Some are for sure. And sometimes the majority are in a given a thread.

But there can be invalidation in the face of criticism of therapy. For example, in one thread I said I experienced a pattern of feeling demeaned in therapy and asked if anyone could relate, and also suggested that perhaps the structure of therapy inflicts this. Some could relate and said so. Others suggested it was not really to do with therapy, it was all about me. That's not supportive. It was pretty insulting. And it mirrors what therapists do sometimes -- deflect back to the client no matter what. Not the end of the world, just what I observed.
Thanks for this!
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