is your T's intelligence critical to therapy?

Posted by JenStar on April 29, 2005, at 13:51:22

hi all,
I'm considering going into therapy for my anxiety issues. I was seeing a therapist briefly a year ago, but we just didn't click and I didn't feel I was getting any help from her.
I think part of the problem is that I didn't respect her intellectually. She wasn't dumb or uneducated, but something about her -- either her grasp of the things I do and love, or her emotional intelligence -- didn't seem to be "enough" for me.
I hope that doesn't sound snobby. It might. If it does, I'm sorry. But I feel that I really need to be intellectually stimulated, especially by someone to whom I'm going for help of the deepest kind. I need to know that they're smart. I want to be challenged. I don't want to think I'm smarter than they are (we should at least be equals!) Obviously they would know more about therapy & psychiatry than I do. But do you know what I mean -- sometimes you meet "book smart" people who just don't seem all that intelligent, even though they are technically brilliant?
I am wondering: How "smart" are your T's? Do you think they are on the genius IQ level? Normal? Really good at relationships? How important is T intellect to you? Does it even matter, if they are nice & friendly? Do insight & intellect go hand in hand?
I'm sort of floundering here, tryng to figure out why this is imp. to me, and how imp. it is.
thanks in advance for any thoughts!
JenStar

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is your T's intelligence critical to therapy? JenStar 4/29/05
Re: is your T's intelligence critical to therapy? » JenStar Dinah 4/29/05
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Re: is your T's intelligence critical to therapy? » JenStar Shortelise 4/29/05
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