Posted by Dinah on April 8, 2007, at 20:46:41
In reply to tomorrow's the day but i am ticked off **trigger**, posted by gazo on April 8, 2007, at 17:10:03
Gazo, I'm deeply buried in my project and haven't had time to read your responses, but you're right in that reading what some therapists have to say is enough to scare any client off of therapy.
The point is that those are *some* therapists. Different therapists believe differently.
Also, they have to make an effort, when writing for clinical reasons, to sound clinical and scientific. That doesn't mean that we aren't people to them. Just that they're writing for a different purpose.
It might be better for you to read some of Yalom's work. He's a therapist who clearly sees the whole person.
(Using the therapeutic alliance as leverage to discourage self destructive behavior is in the clinical repertoire, but a wise clinician uses it judiciously. My therapist hypothetically asked me what I would do if he threatened to terminate me if I didn't stop self injuring, and I told him that I'd hypothetically lie my head off. He said "I thought so" and it was never mentioned again.)
Read some Yalom. It's a good counterbalance to the ummm... other type of therapist.
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