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Old Jan 30, 2018, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by stopdog View Post
I hate it when therapists attempt to reassure me. First - why would they think I would find them reassuring is beyond me. Second they usually try reassuring about something I am not needing it or wanting it for and that pisses me off because they missed the point of what I was doing. This is, for me, not about how I interact with the therapist. It is about other things - grief sort for me.

So I was wondering if it was common for therapists to reassure badly. Do you find the therapist you hire appropriately reassuring?
Yeah, when it's done badly it can be cheesy and can actually backfire badly. At worst, it can leave me feeling manipulated and that gets in the way of progress.