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Old Mar 15, 2020, 05:57 PM
sophiebunny sophiebunny is offline
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Maybe that's a given, and was understood by you before you entered therapy, but it is NOT necessarily understood by many people who enter therapy, including me. Part of the effects of early trauma, or something, that led to issues that led to therapy in the first place.

Therapy is dangerous and harmful for some people, in ways we could not have foreseen and were not warned about. That harm is sometimes more than just "feeling" hurt - - there can be some real hurt and damage, too, in terms of decreased ability to function and poorer -- not better -- interpersonal relationships. Maybe the possibility of that kind of outcome is obvious to some people but for those of use to whom it was not obvious there needs to be more information provided before therapy starts about the reality of the therapy relationship, the kinds of feelings that can develop, and the potential that the client, and/or their feelings, may become "too much" for the therapist and beyond the therapist's ability to deal with positively. It would also be good if the therapist spelled out -- in advance -- what their procedure would be if that were to happen.
I agree. Many people go into therapy not understanding its benefits and limitations. I wish there was a way to educate people about what the therapeutic process is and isn't. That way people can make informed choices.
Thanks for this!
divine1966, here today