Posted by Dinah on May 8, 2004, at 21:26:20
In reply to Re: On the other hand » antigua, posted by spoc on May 8, 2004, at 14:55:00
The trouble is that the type of person you describe as benefiting most from "tough love" therapy is also the type of person who is mostly likely to walk out in a huff with a therapist who tried that. You can't have good therapy if you don't have a client to work with. :)
An overly nurturing therapist might scare half to death a client who hasn't had much experience with nurturing, as well.
This was actually the sort of thing I was talking about on my thread about therapist fit.
I suspect that the people who do best with "direct, no nonsense" therapists are those who are a bit analytical and think of therapist as a teacher of skills, or who pride themselves on the same qualities and like it in others.
I always walk out on them.
But I don't like overly nurturing therapists either. They scare me.
I also kind of wonder if there isn't a geographic/cultural component, although I don't like to stereotype. East coast, west coast, south, north. I wonder if it makes a difference as to preferred style?
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