Posted by cubic_me on May 1, 2005, at 5:54:13
In reply to Re: is your T's intelligence critical to therapy? » alexandra_k, posted by pedrito on April 30, 2005, at 17:08:36
I completely agree that intelligence is an important factor. It's not the be-all-and-end-all, but it is extremely important for me. My T used to say that she wasn't as intelligent as me when she had to think things through before replying, while I was waiting for a response, but I don't believe that she was less intelligent, she just had very insightful responses that were worthy of a bit of thinking.
She worked with many people with a similar intellect as me, which probably helped her guage what was appropriate for me. She was certainly as intelligent as me, if not more so.
In contrast, the T that leads my group sessions hasn't shown herself to be particluarly intelligent. Maybe she is, but I haven't seen it. Her comments seem very superficial and 'obvious' to me, but I realise that it must be difficult dealing with a group of people who all have different needs.
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