My T is a DBT T and he quotes from the DBT philosophy that therapy is a collaboration between equals. In the years I've worked with him, that has always been the case for me. There's mutual respect, I'm treated a competent adult. I have ownership of my therapy and I feel empowered.
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“It's a funny thing... but people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really, what guides them is what they're afraid of.” ― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed
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