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Originally Posted by BudFox
I think the fallacy is that someone can be trained to deal with the psychological difficulties of other people. Would be more honest if they just told each client up front that they do not know what they're doing, and that they just muddle through with very unpredictable and mixed results, and you might end up re-traumatized because that really does happen.
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I have worked with three therapists who did know what they were doing. They weren't muddling their way through; they were able to explain to me what they were helping me work toward, what skills they were helping me internalize and why, etc. They had strong confidence that I would reach a place of healing and independence and they were correct. Why would it make any sense for them to have claimed such things as you suggest? It certainly wouldn't have helped me.