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Originally Posted by Princetonstyle
I've read several excellent articles that speak of the value that therapy supposedly brings by exposing one's "inner child" so it can finally be healed. I would never have believed that such a thing could even be possible had it not just happened to me in therapy (and it takes A LOT for me to open up and trust/attach to another person). That being said, I really think that if bringing the client to such a vulnerable/dependent state is indeed such a critical goal, the design of therapy needs to also be prepared to deal with any increased needs that may come with it. Otherwise, it seems to me that the process can easily exploit this and prolongue the dependence indefinitely.
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I have no doubt about therapy's ability to expose aspects of one's inner child. Seems one of the things it does best. But the healing part, I believe the profession is very deluded about this. Despite all the talk and theories, I think few of them have any clue what to do when a client goes mental and starts obsessing and demanding to be seen and heard 24/7. None of them have a process. How can you have a process for such a thing? There is no way to predict what an individual will do when their emotional brain gets pricked in this way, and I don't think you can just apply some theoretical template. Many of them seem to impose punitive and shaming boundaries that only serve to infantilize and enfeeble the client further. It's a bizarre experiment, with potential for massive collateral damage. And in the background is the corrupting influence of the money. Egads.