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Originally Posted by chihirochild
If I remember correctly this isn't addressed in much depth in the article but this is what the author had to say about therapists' concerns re: effect of crying on clients:
"From the perspective of the therapists we surveyed, therapists felt that their tears had some important positive impacts on their clients -- 82% believed therapist crying led to the client feeling that the therapist genuinely cares about him/her, 72% that the client would feel the relationship was more authentic, and 61% that therapist tears would give the client permission to feel and express emotion. On the other hand, 69% of therapists expressed concern that therapist crying would cause the client to be concerned that the therapist would not be able to handle the client's emotion, 64% were worried that the client would feel burdened by the therapist's emotion and 56% thought that therapist tears could cause a role reversal in which the client would feel he/she would have to care for the therapist."
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Greetings Chihirochild,
Thank you for reading my post and responding with the information, It was very helpful. I do enjoy reading others experiences and stats. It is comforting to know that it's more the norm for a therapist to cry and been found to be beneficial for client etc. It still kinda weirds me out though. I've worked in medical field where it's just not part of the culture to express feelings (ER mainly) no matter what you saw or dealt with. You just moved on to the next patient because that's the nature of Emergency medicine. So this is new to have a "professional" cry. I'm doing behavioral health now, so maybe it will prove to be different. Anyway. Thank you again for taking the time to answer my post and share the article/information. I will keep it in mind as I move forward. Have a good one.