Thanks here today.
I agree a therapist should explain during the first sessions how he/she looks upon therapy and what they plan to do during the first session, for example asking background questions.
At the facility I am I think most patients donīt know much about therapy nor do they voice that many concerns about the therapy process. As patients are referred to that facility and everyone knows they donīt get beforehand knowledge about the therapist nor to chose therapist itīs seen as a "win or lose" situation. If youīre lucky you match with the therapist but if not you end up with a therapist you donīt click with.
I donīt think a patient should be "punished" in one way or the other for not knowing how therapy works. If you felt you didnīt know what would happen or how you should "act" together with a therapist, then itīs on the therapist to explain and "guide" you into the therapeutic process.
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Originally Posted by here today
Maybe it's none of my business, because it isn't me who is being talked to, but I am uncomfortable with people making assumptions about what Sarah seems to think or is looking for .
Having said that, I could probably call myself out for doing something similar -- but I did preface it with my own experience and my own mistakes. Mistakes which therapists did not help me realize but instead, IMO, encouraged.
From my experience, I think it would be great if therapists would tell or explain to people up front what therapy is about, how it works, what to expect, perhaps what relationships are about and how they work, especially if the therapist claims that they are relationally oriented or something similar. Maybe some people can go into a "therapeutic" relationship, or any other, without needing that kind of support, or help, up front. But I clearly couldn't. Call it a mistake on my part -- but where the heck was I supposed to learn, if I hadn't been able to learn it from life already, if not in therapy? It's like I needed a pre-requisite for therapy, before I went into therapy. Does that seem odd to anyone besides me?
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