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Originally Posted by NowhereUSA
Well, I think in our everyday relationships, when they're healthy, there's a mutual building of trust and vulnerability. With a doctor or a therapist, we generally show up out of a place of illness. We don't go to our doctor expecting them to give us their medical history or our therapist to give us their personal problems. While I think there can be a mutual respect and a mutual trust between client and therapist, I don't think there can be an ethical building of mutual vulnerability since we're in therapy to work on very specific issues.
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This is an interesting consideration. My T has not shared much about herself personally. However, my marriage counselor has shared quite a bit about himself and his experiences, including issues with his father, anxiety problems, stuff with parenting, a couple things with his wife, etc. So in a way, I could see the balance of power being different there, because I know much more about him than my T. But then, I'm also more emotionally attached to him, so I feel more vulnerable (like now, when I'm waiting on a response to an e-mail, which I don't send him very often...).