Posted by Dinah on March 21, 2004, at 19:18:44
In reply to Re: Ever wonder why your T is evasive?, posted by EmmyS on March 21, 2004, at 19:00:37
Probably because with your gynecologist it isn't the relationship itself that is healing. And it's pretty much accepted that that is the most predictive factor of positive outcomes in psychotherapy, isn't it?
So the therapeutic relationship is what helps in therapy (other than, perhaps, short term educative CBT type therapy). And the therapeutic relationship doesn't follow the same "rules" as any other relationship we've ever known. And it's totally professional on one hand, and more intimate than any relationship but marriage on the other. A paid for caring relationship. And you're trying to balance all of that.
Well, it's no wonder we get all confused.
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