Posted by Apperceptor on March 4, 2004, at 23:46:39
In reply to Re: Do you have a picture of your T? » Apperceptor, posted by sb417 on March 4, 2004, at 23:33:49
Dinah and sb417,
I really appreciate your positive support in light of what I know was a (perhaps overly) blunt post on my part. A little background - I was in a severely troubling situation with a client prior to my doctoral training, and was recently reminded of it in a clinical class (psychodynamic, no less). I do feel that clients...myself included, I'm sure...capitalize on therapist's empathy, and perhaps forget that we have spouses, families, consciences, and weaknesses. I am just getting very frustrated...I love the idea of client's bill of rights, but sometimes I wish I/we had a few rights as well.
Regarding the more concrete questions - I am entering my second year of training. I've been seeing clients for three semesters in my program, as well as a year prior to entering doctoral training. I've gone through psychotherapy, but not psychoanalysis (however, if I win powerball, I'll be there in a heartbeat). My training program is much heavier on assessment than therapy; I am specializing in projective personality assessment (Rorschach, TAT, sentence completion, Draw-A-Person, etc).
I apoligize for the inflamatory nature of my post. While I do stand by my sentiments, I did not practice what I preach...trying to understand everyone in their context. I just ask that perhaps you consider the possiblity that your therapist may be having just as many problems as you are, and therefore is put in a very painful situation with circumstances such as photo requests.
Wiping some egg off my face, hard-boiling the rest....
> Apperceptor,
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> You said that you are studying to be a clinical psychologist. I'm interested to know how far along you are in your program. Have you actually worked with patients yet? And, most important of all, have you had intensive psychotherapy yourself? If so, for how long? Have you completed your own analysis? Your post suggests that you have not. I wish you much luck in your training and hope that you have the acumen to handle your patients -- and yourself -- appropriately.
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