Posted by cricket on June 16, 2005, at 8:48:03
Do therapists really need to care about all their patients?
I mean I know mine cares about me as a human being, but I know that I'm not in any way special to him. I know that I don't cross his mind outside of the session. In fact, when I miss a session, which is rare, he doesn't even realize it until the following week when he looks at his notes and says, "oh you weren't here last week."
So many of you feel better when you feel special to your T, when you feel like your T likes you as a person that it makes me wonder if that's a necessary component of therapy. Can therapy work if a T has no special feelings about a client but are committed to helping them because that's their job?
Any thoughts?
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thread:513635
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