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Originally Posted by ruh roh
I don't know what's standard, but I'm pretty sure my therapist would question therapists who pathologize and/or shame people the way your former therapist did.
Maybe it's not what a therapist is supposed to give so much as what's helpful to the person. There can be disagreement between client and therapist on that, but I don't think the therapist's approach should routinely feel like crap to the client.
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I very much agree with this. Shame coming from a therapist has no place in therapy. It's the therapist's job to accept the client, and work within whatever boundaries they've set and agreed upon together. A good therapist doesn't have to email or text, but they do have to handle the client's feelings around those issues and keep their own ego out of it.