Posted by Daisym on November 30, 2010, at 16:24:57
In reply to Re: Week 4 'In Treatment' » annierose, posted by Dinah on November 25, 2010, at 19:37:35
I "hate" Adele. I'd have fired her previous to this but this last session made me want to throw up. The mocking part was bad enough but when she said "I can't do it alone and I won't do it past 5:50" I gasped. Isn't that every client's fear - that your therapist is only interested in you and your well-being during the hour you sit in front of them? I think it brings up the whole "paying for caring" debate. I'm sure the writers will find a way to let us see she does care but she should never, ever have said what she said. I would never have come back.
I've been reading the HBO forum and I think the therapists who are writing their analysis of the show are really reaching sometimes to make Paul the bad guy and Adele the one who has to "hold" the frame. It must be hard to consider the therapist's part as an instigator. The research shows that it is the relationship between therapist and client that is healing and influences changes in behavior. I have yet to find anything that specifically ties starting and stopping times to outcomes. Predictibility, yes - but one could argue that a therapist who is predictibly flexible within reason models behavior that works in the "real" world better.
Overall, I'm liking the show less this season. I think the clients are not that likeable and are overly hostile, including Paul when he is a client. I still like him as a therapist. But I do realize, as I say this, that one of my big issues is being unable to be mad at people. I want the clients to be "nice" - at least most of the time. (I know, sheesh...)
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