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Old Mar 19, 2021, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by stopdog View Post
I believe jargon is used by therapists to deflect all the time. But they get all wigged out and defensive when clients use it back at them. Therapists may feel like imposters because for their whole profession it is true. They are.

I think of early on when I referenced something (I forget what now--I think it had to do with the guy who invented humanistic therapy whose name I can't pull right now), and Dr. T said I might know more about therapy than he does. I joked at one point that maybe I could get an honorary PhD in it. Also, for other stuff, that he should be paying me for continuing ed.