Thread: blank slate?
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Old Feb 07, 2016, 06:04 PM
SarahSweden SarahSweden is offline
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For me a "blank slate T" is a T who won´t share anything or very little about herself and if you ask her (him) questions she won´t answer by telling you but instead ask a question back like "what would it mean to you if I´d answer that?". If you for example asked if she had children.

It´s a T who strives to reach transference and to work closely within the transference relationship because of all the projections you´ll be able to make if it´s a good relationship.

Me personally associate a "blank slate T" foremost with a psychoanalysist and a psychoanalytic therapy.

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Originally Posted by dnashy View Post
How would you define "blank slate" in psychotherapy, and have you ever worked with a therapist who utilized it? Also, what were your reactions (if any) to a blank slate, especially at first, and did they evolve over time?