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Originally Posted by stopdog
I don't get worked up about compatible values with others in real life with real people. I have strong opinions about any number of things but as long as someone else isn't trying to fob theirs off on me, I am willing to let them have whatever crazy ideas they want. I don't usually care about whether someone's values align with mine. I know what mine are and don't care what someone else's are. I have been good friends with people whose politics are as far from my own as possible for example.
So, to me, because I wouldn't care with a real person, I certainly wouldn't with a therapist.
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I think the majority is not that open-minded. People judge and extrapolate. I think what I bolded above is important - many therapists impose their beliefs (explaining the client's symptoms with stuff that fits in their pet theories, for example) on clients even if they do not fit.