Posted by messadivoce on April 24, 2005, at 23:38:34
In reply to Re: If I were a therapist.... » messadivoce, posted by alexandra_k on April 24, 2005, at 21:04:16
I'm glad you find the sarcastic, smart *ssed side of me amusing. :-) I am usually able to talk reasonably about this termination, but not today. Today it hurts like hell. Ouch Ouch Ouch.
My T was psychodynamic, so he encouraged me to open up and trust him. That was like, the major theme of my therapy. TRUST. I'm not like your dad, he said. I'm not trying to hurt you. You're safe. It's safe. Be open. Tell me everything.
If we had had all the time in the world, then maybe it would have turned out okay. Maybe we might have ended up moving into the same nursing home to continue treatment. ;-) So here's a proposal. I think that in order to practice psychodynamic therapy, there should be a law that the practitioner must allow at least 20 years for this. Anything less is cause for a lawsuit, and could end up causing irreparable harm to the patient. I mean, it just doesn't work to encourage trust and openness and then only have a VERY limited timeframe in which to work. It's pretty unreasonable to call all those feelings forth that probably take years to work through, and then say, "Okay, put them all back now, you should be cured."
It's like picking up an oyster and yelling, "Make a pearl NOW, dammit!!!"
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