Posted by jane d on January 1, 2004, at 16:03:01
In reply to Re: transference, posted by Dinah on January 1, 2004, at 15:57:59
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> But Jane, the reason it's helpful is that we don't have the insight to know we do it until our therapists point it out to us. There's no need to encourage it to a greater extent than we already do it. But if we do it in real life, it's useful also to do it in therapy so that our therapists know about it.
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> Or at least I think that's the theory.
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> (And I'm using "we" merely as a global we.)Wouldn't it just be easier to say, when they ask why you came to therapy, "hey I'm screaming at everyone and I think I'm reacting disproportionately". And if you didn't volunteer it to ask "do you ever do this"? Save so much time and you wouldn't have to get into whether your therapist really was a jerk or you just thought she was. :)
Jane
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