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Originally Posted by Ididitmyway
Besides, I've noticed that therapists in general are reluctant to explore what went on in the client's previous therapy. It's some sort of fear to learn that their colleagues might've done something wrong. This is one of the biggest blunders therapists make when they are not interested in what kind of experience in therapy the client had previously or when they are dismissive of it.
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That was my experience and it's part of what turned me off therapy. None of the therapists I tried were interested in really digging into the suffering I went thru in therapy. They only wanted to talk about
what it meant. Was like reaching a dead end. One guy got aggressively hostile about it.
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Originally Posted by Ididitmyway
But, frankly, why should anyone to be put in the position to handle them as this is the most unnatural thing to do? How can you possibly "handle" someone's sexual attraction for you or their idealization or admiration of you except just not taking advantage of that?
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And yet it seems to happen all the time. And most clients are encouraged to talk about it, work through it, and all the other cliches. Sounds like OP is navigating it ok though, so maybe it's partly a question of intensity and circumstances. For me it was ruinous. Like a malignant emotional tumor.