Thanks for sharing this. I think you could relate to me and I can to some extent understand some of what you´re describing but mostly from what I´ve read and heard about homeless people on TV and radio. I don´t think anyone´s life is completely unrelatable but I though find class differences between therapists and patients as an issue. Not much has been written about it but some do look into it and try to study that phenomena.
For me it´s not about understanding, it's pure facts. To be able to own your flat in those areas my former therapists and counsellors live you must have inherited money or you have had work from when you were young and now you belong to upper middle class with high wages. You just have to look at the demographic stats to understand that.
Also, even if far from all clients think about class differences some do and it´s more important to ease and understand feelings of envy than knowing that "some day you could get there as well".
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Originally Posted by ScarletPimpernel
Sarah
I was raised middle class. At 18, I was homeless living in a shelter. Not only homeless, but with no one and only a duffle bag of clothes. However, I now am married and though we don't have jobs, we live in an apartment just a few miles from the beach.
Do you think that I can't relate to you? Can you relate to me? Have you ever been homeless living in shelters or on the streets? Only food you get is from the generosity of others?
See for me, I don't need my T to have been homeless to understand me. I don't need her to have straved to understand. She understands because she empathetic. Because she's been trained to understand the pains in life.
You keep judging people based upon their social status. If you think they can't understand you, why do you think you understand them? What gives you that power?
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