Posted by Dinah on July 19, 2005, at 20:34:08
In reply to Re: good session about sessions » Dinah, posted by alexandra_k on July 19, 2005, at 20:22:53
That's what I meant about the under-represented middle ground. I think you have the perfect right to do whatever you wish in therapy. If it helps you, and improves your life, what difference does theory make? Actually, I think the middle ground is more represented in the real world than the literature would have one believe.
No, I didn't mean that I thought people should continue to have pathology that would make them a danger to themselves or others without treatment. I don't believe that about any disorder. I was talking about people who had reached co-consciousness and were no longer experiencing lost time or seriously life-disturbing symptoms. If they can work out a way to live with their condition, and wish to remain that way, I've got no problem with it. I even understand the reasoning behind the campaign against integration as a blanket goal. But I wouldn't agree that a life without serious pathology shouldn't be a blanket goal. :)
But certainly no one has a monopoly on how to achieve that. Clearly. Absolutely. The literature on the topic is testament to that, no matter what the beliefs of the writer may be.
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