Posted by Wittgensteinz on December 19, 2008, at 3:52:33
In reply to Re: Is therapy just blowing smoke up our a*s?, posted by Cecilia on December 18, 2008, at 20:47:20
I feel a little bit... how to put it 'put down' by your reply, but I can see why you wrote it. I'm sorry this happened to you. I was writing from my own experience - I see a therapist who is past retirement and who doesn't work for the money. I'm not saying I don't ever irritate him, I'm not even saying he necessarily awaits my sessions with 'glee'! But I do think if he couldn't accept a client unconditionally - if he found his negative counter-transference was preventing him from doing this, then he would not continue seeing that client. I think seeing a person under those circumstances would be destructive likely to both parties. I suppose I trust that the kind of people who go into this profession really do care and really do have a level of integrity as human beins. They are not perfect, but I think these are important skills to have as a therapist. Of course there will be 'bad eggs' out there, but I was going from my own experience of my experience and from what I read, my experience isn't so unique.
Witti
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