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Old Dec 18, 2015, 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by QuietMind View Post
No, and it scares me. I think perhaps I fall for the therapeutic lie of unconditional positive regard , though I know therapists are human, and I've taken classes in counseling where empathy and rapport are tricks to make the client more receptive.

I'm sure they omit certain things (such as I doubt they'd tell a client they dislike the truth) and aren't entirely truthful, all the time.

Like you say, therapists are wily.

This is a very intriguing point. What is the difference between a therapeutic lie/ a therapeutic trick versus a therapeutic intervention/ a therapeutic technique?

Also, are any of us as humans entirely truthful 100% all the time?