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Originally Posted by feralkittymom
I don't think I'd use the word "didactic" to describe instruction in my therapy: it carries too strong a connotation of moral education, and although I would never consider therapy to be immune from values, I never got a moralist vibe from my T. But I'd say he did more than witness or serve as a mid-wife. Very hard to describe: a sense of steering, but "leading from behind."
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Agreed. A moralist therapist would be icky in addition to alliterative. I'd be out the door pretty fast if I felt my T were trying to give me a moral education. Sometimes we'll talk ethics, if there's something that's bothering me, but I'd hardly consider those discussions moral instruction.
I do think, though, that 'didactic' is a pretty good way to describe what's potentially distasteful about the word "instruct."
You know, I had that thought about the midwifery comparison, too--That it didn't give my T enough credit-- that midwives don't actually
do anything. But Favorite Jeans had a lovely description that won me over. And, anyway,I know nothing about midwifery except that I once met a doula who used the word "phallogocentrism" a lot and believed in crystal healing. She was cool, but I wouldn't have wanted her anywhere near my hoo-ha.
Not that I want my T close to my hoo-ha. Eww.
It
is difficult to describe. Thanks for your response!