Posted by pseudoname on February 21, 2006, at 8:53:03
In reply to A Quiz, just because, posted by Daisym on February 21, 2006, at 0:53:17
I'm assuming she HAS to answer it fully & truthfully. I'd ask,
"Tell me about your therapeutic failures."
I'd ask that because it would help take her off any pedestal either of us might have her on. Maybe BOTH of us would be more comfortable then with accepting limitations of therapy and imperfect help and so on. Therapists get caught up in desperately "needing" to help people, too.
It would show what she considers "failure" and how she deals with it in clients. It also shows what she thinks the goals of therapy are.
It would also give an indication how willing she is to be honest with me. I think that's a very scary topic for therapists: confronting, with the client, eyeball to eyeball, their own limitations in helping.
I would want a therapist to ask me: "Am I listening to you closely enough?" It'd suit me if they asked it at every session.
The other one (NOT want them to ask) is hard to think of. But I never have a good answer when anyone asks, "So, what's new with you?"
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