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Originally Posted by guilloche
Can I ask, what do you mean about psychoanalysis being fairly hierarchical? I haven't experienced it... do you mean that the T is definitely seen as "the expert", so that the client's perception of what's going on might be invalidated? (IE "The T knows best!")
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Yeah, that's part of it. But also T making assumptions, or interpreting things incorrectly. But they are so 1000% convinced of themselves, that the patients contradictions might be a sure sign of resistance (ie T is right).
Also, there are those "oldschool" psychoanalytic Ts around. Those of the "thou shalt have no gods beside me"-brand.
They expect you not to make any major life decision while in psychoanalysis.
They expect you to take your holidays when they do.
If you're ill too often, it might be resistance as well (in their opinion).
Seeing another T (maybe Trauma T or Art T) is blasphemy...
I've heard of huge power struggles surrounding lying down on the couch (instead of meeting the patient where they are at the moment... and taking things from there).
Luckily those "hardcore" psychoanalysts are getting fewer, the younger ones seem to be more flexible in their methods and in their approach. Which is good, I think.
The emotions. Current T is always coming back to the feeling and perceiving thing. Not so much talking
about the emotions. But trying to get me to experience what's going on for me, right here and now. Which is terribly frightening for me, and also really exhausting.
And yes, talking about the perceptions. Again and again. I find this so useful because we give each other feedback about where we're at at this very moment. Which reduces the chances of missing each other in the process, esp if I'm at a point when I cannot feel myself (so she cannot really get in touch either....)