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Originally Posted by amicus_curiae
That’s a much better description of my psychotherapy to date.
Still... I rage against the word ‘mindfulness’ because it seems to be a state that I have never been able to achieve.
I’ve had male and female shrinks but I think that my therapy has only been feminist-oriented when with male shrinks. We know that men can be real s**ts and expect an anti-female rage to come from most men. It’s different with female shrinks: I am so obviously a radical fanatical leftist that there is no doubt that I am a feminist. I have to say that the latter breeds trust in other areas, too. There is an easy leap across a chasm of social ignorance with women shrinks.
You’ve fleshed out my therapy CV. Thank you!
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glad to have helped! I have been a little wary of the word "mindfulness" too in the past, but mostly because I've heard the term misappropriated by people who interpret it to mean "clearing your mind" and just not thinking about your problems (even though the point is for many of us, esp. with mental health or illness issues, we can't just not think about these problems...! and ignoring your problems isn't the point of mindfulness anyway). I guess I'm lucky that my counsellor is not one of those people, and uses this approach very thoughtfully.