Posted by Dinah on September 11, 2009, at 19:55:27
In reply to T self disclosure and transference, posted by Garnet71 on September 10, 2009, at 21:07:01
There are lots of different ways a therapeutic relationship can be, and none are inherently better than any others.
Collegial rather than romantic or erotic or parental or teacher is just fine if that's how it is. As long as it's helpful to you, that's what matters.
I do think that increased self disclosure tends to decrease transference. Because the more blanks that are left for us to fill in, the more likely we are to fill them in with templates from our past. For some kinds of therapy that's helpful. For other kinds it's not as important.
I'm glad you feel you're doing better seeing him. In the end, that's what therapy is for.
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