Posted by raisinb on January 22, 2008, at 12:24:24
In reply to Re: therapist terminating me for 30 days, posted by star008 on January 21, 2008, at 7:44:58
For what it's worth, Marsha Linehan in her book on DBT actually recommends doing this when other approaches have failed. It seems like behavior therapists are much less shy about using positive or negative reinforcement to influence behavior, including putting clients on "vacations" or terminating them as a last resort. They don't see it as manipulative or abandoning (though those of us in other types of therapy might feel that way).
A T of psychodynamic or client-centered ilk might not dream of doing this, but it's just a different persuasion.
Ocean, I don't know what was in your T's head or what his approach is, but I don't think he is automatically bad or that you need to look for a new one because he decided to do this. I think you should evaluate what your T has done for you and whether you believe he cares about you and if you can trust him again. If the answer to those things are yes, you can probably believe he did this out of caring.
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