Posted by Dinah on April 19, 2009, at 9:05:56
In reply to family pictures, posted by onceupon on April 19, 2009, at 2:03:10
Yes. :(
I don't mind the small photo of him and his wife out somewhere fancy. But the picture of his daughter with her smiling face and direct gaze used to be pointed directly at the couch. It felt sort of like a slap. Here is my "real" daughter. Also, it was kind of hard to talk about difficult topics (sex for example) with a young fresh faced girl gazing at me.
He's got them angled away from the client seat now, which helps. And I've gotten used to them. But honestly I think they have no place in a therapy room. At least not in one where the therapy is based on the relationship. If he wants to look at them, that's fine. He can keep their faces on his cell phone. He looks at that often enough.
It's not a sore spot with me anymore. But I think it's technically a poor choice for a therapist.
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