Posted by pseudoname on June 2, 2006, at 12:12:34
In reply to Babble Experience, posted by cricket on June 2, 2006, at 9:26:17
> I know that I am an aberration in this regard
Then I am, too. I like what Dinah said about the Psych board: that it seems to self-select for a particular type of therapy experience. I don't know why that's the case here, though.
At the Toronto get-together last month, a couple of us (by no means all) voiced observations (complaints?) similar to yours. I sometimes want to scream in isolation and frustration when I read yet another post here by someone who's in love with her therapist. Obviously, those are *very* important and serious experiences, and I'm glad people have an outlet here to discuss them, but they're not my experience at all, and the discussions aren't helpful to me. (I have serious doubts that the cathartic, dyadic, nondirective therapies that foster such experiences are ultimately very helpful to anyone, but that's another discussion. I think my doubt is well-supported by the data from this board, though.)
Thanks so much for posting.
___________(P.S. I don't want anyone to refrain from posting about their love for their therapist. I just wish more people with OTHER therapy perspectives would also post on the Psych board.)
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