Posted by RealMe on September 18, 2007, at 23:04:41
In reply to Re: my counseling program » RealMe, posted by pegasus on September 18, 2007, at 12:24:54
Mostly I would agree with you in that having done some sort of therapy or analysis is good for a therapist because it puts the person in touch with his or her self and what goes on internally. When I first started doing therapy with people, I did not think about my therapy, though, and even when I was doing postdoctoral training and was in therapy at the same time, I tended to keep my issues and therapy separate from my patients. I may have had a better sense of what it was like to be a patient, but as you know, each of us has our own unique experiences in life, and so I would never have presumed to think to myself, "Oh yeah, I know what she is talking about; I had the same experience." I may do that here as this is not therapy, but my experience of an event no matter how similar it is to someone else's event is not likely to be experienced in just the same way. But I may be preaching to the choir here. Sorry.
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