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Originally Posted by koru_kiwi
or perhaps it might just be that those people who have good experiences with therapy and have not been harmed are not dealing with as severe of issues as those who have had negative or harmful experiences???
from what i have noticed by reading these stories over and over again, is that many of the clients who have had adverse experiences tend to struggle more with very early childhood traumas, including cPTSD, developmental truama, sexual abuse, and attachment/abandonment issues. for me, this makes me question whether it has more to do with incompetency, Ts who are severely lacking in an extensive training and understanding to both the physiological and developmental damage that such early trauma can inflict upon young and developing brains. because of this lack of knowledge, these Ts are most likely (inadvertently and/ or ignorantly) causing more damage than good.
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I think it's both. I guess it is pretty clear that people with early traumas need far more from a therapist than those that have solid base and deal with issues that started later. Probably the "simpler" patient group is larger though and I suspect that most therapists are trained to treat them. It might sound surprising when someone who has practised for 20 years haven't treated anyone with early traumas and very intense transference before but it might be actually quite probable that you can work your full career without ever seeing a really complex case.
My T has also practiced for more than 20 years and more than 10 years as a psychoanalyst and he has admitted to me that he has never had such an analysis before that he has with me, meaning that never before has any patient stirred up so strong feelings in him. However, I guess that stirring up strong feelings in T is a pretty good symptom of early trauma because all these unprocessed young and very intense feelings are awoken and also projected on the T.
When I read in this forum I'm partly amazed that most therapists really seem to be that bad. On the other hand I'm not surprised at all because I guess they are just a slice from the whole humankind. I just feel so sorry for all these people who would need a good T and just don't seem to find one, even though good Ts are not unicorns and actually exist in this world.