[MissCharlotte]

I remember reading about this when I was first in therapy and I didn't really get what it meant. This morning in meditation this term came up again for me. It came up surrounding my visit to a new pdoc this morning. The therapeutic alliance means so much to me.

It means that T and I are truly a team.

It also means that as a team we work together -- really together- toward a common goal. That goal is my health, my wellbeing. That "togetherness" requires an honest, open relationship where we trust one another, can speak freely to each other and care about and respect each other, but ALWAYS with the "therapeutic" goal in mind.

Wow, I feel so lucky to be part of this alliance.

How do you interpret the therapeutic alliance?

[nightbird]

you are lucky.

i'm glad for you.

i'm trying to find something that will work for me, but people aren't that available around me... must be booked up with the things that be ... i'm still trying to get out of my house and into a safe therapuetic relationship with a good psychologist .. but truly ... they are hard to find.

so if you have one that works, i'd be so grateful to have that right this minute ... i hope you all utilize it to the hilt, and be well - be safe - be relieved you have a this special place.

still looking ...

nightbird

[Kiya]

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MissCharlotte said:
I remember reading about this when I was first in therapy and I didn't really get what it meant. This morning in meditation this term came up again for me. It came up surrounding my visit to a new pdoc this morning. The therapeutic alliance means so much to me.
It means that T and I are truly a team.
It also means that as a team we work together -- really together- toward a common goal. That goal is my health, my wellbeing. That "togetherness" requires an honest, open relationship where we trust one another, can speak freely to each other and care about and respect each other, but ALWAYS with the "therapeutic" goal in mind.
Wow, I feel so lucky to be part of this alliance.
How do you interpret the therapeutic alliance?


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Yep... I've not heard of that term before, but that does make sense. I do see t and i as a team - really for the first time ever. Prior, it's always been the Professional and the ill. and i didn't like that balance at all. Soon, i hear, my team will be 3 or 4... T, MD, me and maybe a DID/MPD specialist. makes me nervous, but i am growing the trust that this will be ok. i am lucky - out of 5 t's i finally got a GOOD one!! Same on the MD's!

[lauren_helene]

I interpret it as a wild ride sometimes when it comes to the transference reactions I have toward him.

I look at it more as a relationship rather than alliance so to speak. I'm about to see a different view as I just found my husband and I a marriage therapist.

Right now...I have no therapeutic alliance.....BUT in the past...

....I think it means honesty and trust and belief that together two people will work for the well-being of the one. That the two have enough faith and strength that the one will grow, mature, and come out on top.

There will be bumps in the road along the way, but the two will survive and grow stronger.

[lauren_helene]

Actually I love what you just said Rip...perfect definition

[chaotic13]

I have a therapeutic alliance with my T. To me it is simply a collaboration to promote healthier more fulfilling family environment.

[Fuzzybear]

Good definition I think too

[sunrise]

I like that term, the therapeutic alliance. It is a reminder that "we're in this together" and that I have a companion on my journey.

I like your definition, MissCharlotte.

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Wow, I feel so lucky to be part of this alliance.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">Yes. Lucky, blessed, charmed, all of the above.