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Originally Posted by bluebicycle
So, any therapist who says they "know what it's like" is a red flag unless they've specifically gone through the same exact thing or something highly similar. That means the therapist is either intentionally/unintentionally belittling you or they have no clue what they're doing
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I agree. And actually, even if they have been through an almost identical situation, they still have no idea what it was like for the client in that situation.
Human experience is so much more complicated than that because we are all so different. To assume understanding is not empathic at all.