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Old Feb 03, 2018, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by BudFox View Post
BTW, when a therapist makes a mistake, the conventional framing is that they should acknowledge it, maybe apologize. And this will "heal" the client. Frankly, this is crazy dysfunctional to me, because the client's well-being now hinges on the actions of the god-like therapist, who could decide on a whim that instead of an apology they will just "refer out". Or they could decide to attack the client for exposing the therapist's weakness.
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I’m not at all doubting that this was your experience, but I just don’t see how this could be all therapists? Or how it’s dysfunctional. If anyone else wrongs me and apologizes, I see that as a good thing. It doesn’t heal me but I’ll probably feel a bit better, which I think is natural. I don’t see how it’s somehow then wrong when a therapist does the same. I feel like that gives them no option to do the right thing, because then if they don’t apologize, they think they’re always right and know everything.
Btw not trying to attack at all, just offering a different opinion.