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Old Jul 27, 2017, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by colorsofthewind12 View Post
I guess I imagine that when a therapist is frustrated - the frustration is caused by the patients resistance which then leads to the therapist becoming bored(of the same old ****, etc).
In that scenario, frustration would indicate to me a continuing desire to engage and potentially effect change whereas boredom would be a sign of having moved past even helplessness and essentially, landed in a place where there's little or no remaining desire for engagement.
Thanks for this!
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