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Originally Posted by atisketatasket
Both sides of the story are anecdotal. The problem is that the effects of therapy cannot be measured objectively: all evidence is self-reported.
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I agree with that. That's why I think it is absolutely impossible to conclude something about the nature of psychotherapy in general from peoples experiences. I guess we can conclude something about specific therapists, because the human factor is definitely the parameter with the largest variance there, but psychotherapy as a concept - I don't think we can really say much about it.
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Originally Posted by BudFox
Some of the boundary stuff is self-evident. Everyone knows that therapists disclose little while waiting expectantly for you to reveal all, watching, scrutinizing. Who where has not had the experience of becoming visibly emotional while a therapist just sat there at a distance gaping and peering at you? Some might find this helpful, others harmful, but how can you deny this is a warping of normal boundaries?
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I haven't denied anything. I know fully well that the boundaries in my therapy relationship are different than with my H, for instance. But so are the boundaries in my relationship with my students for instance. I find all these boundary settings normal and proper in their context.
Also, when I go to a doctor because of a medical condition, I am the one expected to talk about my troubles and the doctor is not - seems logical, because I am the one in need of help. Why should it be different in therapy? If I see a doctor who seems unhelpful to me then it doesn't invalidate the whole medical system, but you seem to want to do that with psychotherapy and I don't see it as valid.