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Old May 04, 2019, 09:04 AM
Anonymous41422
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Originally Posted by stopdog View Post

and this horror:
"Robert Langs, a psychoanalyst, has been the most vocal advocate of the very tight therapeutic frame. In a Langsian office, there are no decorations that might provide any hint about the therapist as a person. The environment is very neutral. Often not even kleenex is provided as that could be construed as gratifying the patient. It isn't being **** just to be **** but because every little thing is seen in the light of what it means in the therapy. So as many variables as possible are controlled in order to have a better idea of what is coming from the patient and what is aroused by the frame."
Therapeutic Frame | Jung At Heart
What I would like to know is if this type of ridiculousness directly contributes to helping people...

As someone who came totally unhinged in part by paranoia in therapy, I may have been justified after all.
Thanks for this!
SarahSweden