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Originally Posted by BudFox
But she ain't saying it's tilted toward the client.
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And your point is...?
I didn't introduce her into the conversation and set no store by what she says, but what I've found to be true in my own life. So why does it matter to me that she says it's tilted toward the therapist? In my response I said the poll results were tilted that way, and throughout the thread I have said that my thinking I have power as a client is clearly unusual. My point is that you seemed to think quoting her should end all discussions because it "proved" your point of view.
If I were the only one on this thread who thought I had more power than my therapist, I might say, "oops, my bad, yes, I've been deceiving myself, how silly of me." But I'm not the only one who thinks that.
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Originally Posted by BudFox
Yes I know, I read the book. Her point is that therapist-client is analagous to parent-infant, in terms of attachment dynamics and vulnerability and inherent power imbalance. I don't think she means that clients surrender power willingly or necessarily even consciously. A competent T understand this and acknowledges it out loud as one did with me. Conversely, the one who traumatized me said "why do give me so much power"? That's like asking, why does a baby give its mommy so much power.
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Lots of clients go to therapy and end up re-enacting parent-child dynamics, sure. Lots of them don't.
And because something is analogous does not mean it is the same.