Posted by tabitha on June 23, 2004, at 1:53:25
In reply to Re: What I *really* don't get are the inconsistencies, posted by pegasus on June 22, 2004, at 16:23:15
I'm guessing Dr Bob would consider posting skeptical stuff about therapy to fall under 'education', and he's said repeatedly, different points of view are fine. So I doubt he'll rule against F in general, although I have to agree, that statement about psychoanalysis being only valuable to line therapist's pockets sounded like an exaggeration/overgeneralization to me. What gives, Dr Bob?
I feel for all of you who are feeling burned by this. Suddenly our little safe haven of the therapy board, usually relatively free of conflict, isn't so safe, and Dr Bob refuses to make it safe again. Anger is perfectly understandable in this situation. But if Dr Bob won't protect us, we'll have to protect ourselves. Can I offer some calming affirmations?
1. My therapy is OK. I don't need other people to support my choice of therapy. It works for me and I'm keeping it.
(this one is for when you're afraid F will use your disclosures to feed his point of view)
2. Therapy is hard. It's normal to struggle and have upsets. It doesn't mean I'm doing the wrong thing, or that therapy is bad, or that my therapist is bad.3. I notice F seems to be trying awfully hard to convince others that therapy is bad. Why might F want to do that? (come up with some ideas here. hint: what might be happening in F's life now, or in F's history, that might contribute?) Do any of those reasons have anything to do with me or my therapy? No they don't.
4. I sure wish Dr Bob would keep the board safer. But when he won't, I can protect myself. I can keep myself safe. No one can make me feel bad about myself or my therapy.
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