Posted by Karen_kay on January 18, 2004, at 12:23:26
In reply to Re: being Special » crushedout, posted by All Done on January 18, 2004, at 11:26:32
That goes back to the conversation I had with my therapist about feelings (from the therapist) getting in the way of therapy. I think when I typed that out, it was confused with the previous conversation.
He said that he is able to seperate his feelings to a certain extent from the therapy process. I know that I have favorites. I have my favorite therapist, niece, sister, student when I taught for a class, ect. The point is to not let it show. But therapists undergo training, I would assume, to help them deal with this type of thing. Maybe it wouldn't hurt the client a bit to feel that he/she is the favorite? What do you think? I mean if the client has selfesteem issues or feelings of never being good enough, wouldn't it be a good thing to feel as though she is her therapist's favorite client? Now, even if she is not, just to help boost her ego? I'm not a therapist, probably a good thing mind you, but if the client is struggling with either self esteem issues or especially troubles opening up or trusting the therapist, wouldn't it aid in developing the relationship if the therapist made her think she was special to him in some way (as in one of his favorite clients)?Just because he says it, doesn't make it true, BTW. I don't always believe everything he says. I trust him,but I don't take his word as law :) He is a therapist and I tend to think there's some type of motive behind every word that comes spewing out of his cute little mouth. I'm also a skeptic if you hadn't noticed....
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