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Originally Posted by BudFox
That sounds like a classic sales pitch. Therapists are in an ideal position to appeal to fear and insecurity to sell their wares. Yet they are given wide latitude. They can assert almost anything, and most vulnerable or overwhelmed clients will express zero skepticism, because their emotions have been systematically tweaked by the $150/hr Svengali. Also, if a therapist tries to dictate what is important for the client... red flag. We know it's important to the therapist to keep talking about stuff, but the client... less clear.
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I don't agree with you, in this case. The T may be making a sales pitch -- I had a lot who did, and didn't know how to help me get to the things in the back of my head. Instead they played helper and healer, and I accepted the victim role because it felt good in some ways (blech!)
Maybe this T won't do that, and maybe Lrad is taking of herself, and entertaining doubts about this T and his methods. And she has asked for our input -- so has a lot of alternative opinions to consider!