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Originally Posted by lolagrace
I don't find the therapy relationship "artificial." It is always been a completely genuine relationship. I think it is a unique relationship with a very specific purpose (but all relationships have very specific, unique purposes), but that doesn't make it any less genuine or an act or a masquerade. I can understand why a therapist would be offended with an accusation that their caring for a client is just an act or a masquerade; it devalues the work they do and I have found all of my therapists to be professionally emotionally invested in my well-being -- that wasn't an act.
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The contradiction between the authentic and artificial aspects of therapy is part of what makes it work, apparently. It's that tension that triggers the insecurities of the patient while making them secure enough to discuss it.
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