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Originally Posted by wotchermuggle
If you walked into your first therapy session and your therapist said...
I don't know how long it will take to help you and I can't say if you'll get hurt more in the process. The whole thing could be a failure and you might walk away with all the same problems you came with.
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I would consider that entirely appropriate and the sign of a T who intends to proceed with integrity and transparency. And it would likely stimulate meaningful discussion about expectations and outcomes. With most of the Ts I have seen, we just starting "doing therapy" right away without any foundation rooted in reality.