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Originally Posted by Salmon77
I don't have a problem with the "As your therapist" line or knowing that my T treats me differently than he treats his friends or family or whoever. I expect something different from my T than I do from friends and family, I expect T to look at whatever issue in terms of how it relates to my history and patterns of behavior etc and try to understand it in that way. Whereas I want my friends and family to just support me or help me. So I think it's different but not less authentic or less trustworthy.
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Being treated as a client isn’t the issue for me. I think it depends more on what exactly they are responding to. Sometimes there are certain general questions I ask with the intention of receiving an honest answer, which generally, I believe my T does provide. It’s occasionally from her and a few therapists online who make YouTube videos - I reckon they put the therapist hat on when an honest response may undermine an approach from a psychological stand point. Probably bugs me more because I seem to generally see things with a critical mind and appreciate when my view is responded to appropriately.
Also, I’ve never heard as ‘your’ therapist, it’s always as ‘a’ therapist - may be a difference there in intent