Posted by antigua3 on March 8, 2009, at 10:53:32
Scott brought up an interesting discussion about the differences between males and females above.
Do male and female Ts treat us differently? Based on our own gender as well as theirs?
I have both a male and female T, and I do see differences, but I think that's because I need different things from them. My female T is my good mother, but despite that she treats me (in a therapuetic sense) more gently. She never pushes, but let's us work to a mutually satisfactory conclusion or insight. I know she loves me, but it's more than needing a loving mother figure. It's the way she goes about things.
My pdoc is all male (sorry), but that may be just the person/pdoc he is, and his treatment (harsher, really) is very different from my female T. But I thought that's what I needed--a male authority figure so I could work through specific issues over my father. But he's not all that way--his female side shows too, in concern mostly, but he's more likely to direct how I "should" think and to "do" something about how I feel rather than feel.
For me, it could be the differences in their orientation, and not just a male/female thing. Because I know there are plenty of male Ts out there who aren't as harsh. We've seen many examples of them on babble.
Do they treat me differently because I'm female? Sometimes, I think my pdoc does, that he is fighting against some female stereotype that isn't me. If anything, I fall more on the "male" side of being a woman, much as was described in the earlier thread. But yes, I do think he sees me as more emotional, for one, and is always wanting to work things through in a more logical, less emotional manner.
Anyone else?
antigua
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