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So, I think you have an awesome T and the "good enough" mother will always listen to her child before mandating punishment.

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It's not punishment to follow through on an agreement that was put in place to HELP the patient, and which the patient agreed upon to help herself. Not doing so says that the contract was not serious to begin with.

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I think MissCharlotte was pointing out an ANALOGY. A lot of times in therapy, the focus is put on immediacy needs-- A good therapist will dicuss with a client to find out what is in the best interest of the individual in that moment-- as well as the effects in the longrun. Therapy situations are not prescribed-- just because you and your therapist did a contract one way, it doesn't mean that the exact same thing is going to work out for someone else.