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Originally Posted by BudFox
But it still models bad boundaries. It models lack of respect for personal integrity to just plow into someone's personal life without bothering to have a conversation about what that might mean. I've been to therapists where barely a meaningful word was said before they basically said: ok start vomiting up your miseries and misfortunes. I think this teaches people to disregard their normal boundaries, not to build better ones.
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I do agree with you, that it is a danger to go into personal depth without that sort of conversation. In terms of my therapy specifically, we were having that conversation, because that's what brought me to therapy with him. I was trying to come to terms with poor therapy. So we were discussing the impact of poor therapy, but it wasn't a warning as such, it was part of the work.