Quote:
Originally Posted by FallingFreely
I appreciate your point of view, though my viewpoint is much different.
I think having a specific in-therapy event that triggered such big feelings is an incredibly useful tool for a good therapist.
Agreed that an incompetent therapist may sit there and just listen without learning or interpreting anything, but a good therapist would see this as a ripe opportunity to work with strong feelings and focus on underlying causes, try to determine what keeps feeding the feelings etc. He/she might analyze how the client expresses anger and figure out what kind of responses help the client cope with similar difficulties in life. It's certainly annoying tedious work for a therapist but that's why they are paid 200 an hour.
Also, the client may be unwell, but I don't think that's something that should be held against them. I'd guess a year of dwelling on something like a missed appointment is pretty standard for untreated OCD.
|
Yes I agree and I think that is what a good therapist would do. The point is to get to the bottom of what happened between the client and T and resolve it. A T would learn an awful lot from these interactions since most of the time it's the Ts behavior that triggered the reaction in the first place. As for the client that went on for a year complaining about the same thing and nothing else - I'd hope they did get to the bottom of the issue and also find something else to focus on and talk about. If not, a lot of Ts would eventually either terminate or find something else to think about during those sessions so they could stay awake.