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Originally Posted by awkwardlyyours
I mean, with two people in the room, how would on keep talking if the other person doesn't want to talk about it or even respond in a halfway appropriate way?
I can understand if that means one is just straight-up venting without expecting a response (appropriate or otherwise) from the T but other than that specific scenario of a client monologue (helpful I'm sure to some), I personally found it impossible to continue when the T wasn't willing to go with it.
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I think you might be expecting that if you talk about something long enough, you'll be listened to/your pov appreciated/other party will change their view. I know that won't necessarily happen, but if I feel someone's failed me, I'm willing to tell them about it just to get it out.
It is true that the therapist, if they don't want a client to go on about something, would be well-advised to actually address it - that is the only way it will be really resolved.