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Originally Posted by PurpleMirrors3
As a trauma survivor, it terrifies me to think that something as simple as tissue placement could be a ploy at client manipulation. Purposefully forcing a client to ‘ask’ for tissues or positioning them in a place where the therapist must be the one to ‘gift’ them to a client seems creepy. My therapist had a few easy-to-access boxes placed around her office, and that worked for me.
That said, it wouldn’t dawn on me to read so much into tissue placement. Perhaps that left me more vulnerable to my therapist’s own machinations?
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Maybe. I know I have been naive and gullible to certain situations in the past. It's actually a trait that's part of a character type involving a certain constellation of patterns (just talking about me here, no one else). I have been both overtrusting and nontrusting in an extreme sort of way rather than balanced.
I totally agree with the notion of some subjectivity involved in conclusions, and I definitely identify with "creepy" regarding the above!
There has been a pattern of people getting obsessed with me repeatedly which coincides with certain behaviors, and one time I was stalked and a severe trauma occurred. Therapists have patterns like everyone, so I do remain vigilant of others' patterns of behavior, such as a need to control others, need to please others, etc. Just like clients, therapists actions and words-in a cumulative sense-outline who they are.
It's also perfectly reasonable to ask a therapist-I noticed you place the tissue box behind the curtain-any reason why you put it there? or Wouldn't it be more convenient if the tissue box was on the table near the chair? It's all grist for the mill imo.