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Re: Does a therapist need to have had therapy? » Daisym

Posted by Wittgensteinz on August 21, 2008, at 4:27:03

In reply to Does a therapist need to have had therapy?, posted by Daisym on August 21, 2008, at 0:28:31

It's an interesting article. I think the answer has to be yes - certainly for in-depth therapy (psychodynamic/analytic). It gives me comfort to know that my therapist has had that same 'humbling experience' as it is put in the article. I also know he had his own fight with depression - I asked him once whether he had ever been depressed - whether he could relate directly to the gravity of my depression. I don't know too much about his past, and I don't think I should, but I know enough that he can truly understand what I'm experiencing.

As for other types of therapy - structured text-book therapy (CBT?) - I'm not sure if it is so necessary. I haven't had CBT so am in no position to know.

It's a pity that psychiatrists today require no psychotherapy as part of their training - I'm sure it would be advantageous to them in their work. Psychotherapy is an important part of psychiatry after all.

Witti

 

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