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Originally Posted by itjustis
My T said something to me at the end of last session... "You need to let go of this dependancy."
So, I'm just wondering in general who is really to blame for dependancy? Is it us as clients? Or the T's?
I'd just like to hear some different opinions and experiences.
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First, that's a really crappy thing for a therapist to say.
Second, the therapist ought to be aware of dependency issues (which will be different for every person) and be mindful to help the person work through those issues if it becomes a problem, and to not do that in a rejecting way.
I think a lot of it depends on a therapist skill--to provide support while the individual builds from within (and in their outside, non-therapy life). Fostering dependency is reckless; working through it can be helpful (again, if the therapist is good at that sort of thing).