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Originally Posted by BudFox
Would like to see evidence that re-experiencing painful feelings, in therapy or otherwise, is healthy. If something happens in therapy that causes significant shame or distress, that should be considered a psychological injury like any other, and could be destructive when seen in absolute terms. The assumption that this is necessary or beneficial is therapy marketing more than reality, as I see it.
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I've questioned this myself. But I have accepted that re-experiencing emotions can be helpful. I think that we re-experience these emotions in our everyday life anyway and that they impact our relationships. I think that with a lousy therapist this is retraumatising, but with a good therapist it is healing.