Thanks. I think one have to be open to both perspectives, that part of it is my own experience and my own thoughts and part of it is as you say therapy manipulation and technique.
As Iīve hoped for a connection I havenīt been enough attentive to her techniques, to see through her but instead Iīve seen it as she likes me and not that Iīm a working material for her.
My T really puts an effort in taking examples from her own life which I generally like but I will try to remind myself of that sheīs talking about issues she have had perhaps 20 years ago or issues she easily solved and that it hasnīt really got anything to do with me.
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Originally Posted by BudFox
Therapy is, at heart, the psychological and emotional manipulation of another human being for the purpose of carrying out highly speculative techniques based on highly speculative theories. And additionally for the purposes of making the therapist a living and perhaps providing them with a feeling of importance or power. It's not surprising to me at all that you'd feel upset by experiencing this. What surprises me is how insistently it is rationalized and how readily it will be thrown back in your face if you express a problem with it.
You're right, it is dishonest. Sure, the client should not expect the therapist to care as much as the client does, and yet mosts therapists give a performance that suggests real caring. It's all very ambiguous. And I think most therapists tread a fine line between this subtle manipulation, and something more like abuse or exploitation.
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