Posted by gardenergirl on March 5, 2004, at 11:08:05
In reply to Re: Do you have a picture of your T?, posted by Apperceptor on March 4, 2004, at 23:46:39
Apperceptor,
I apologize for not addressing you directly last night. I'm afraid I felt protective of my friends here. They are a wonderfully supportive group of people who have worked very hard to place trust in their T's. I know how courageous this is because I also am in therapy right now, and it is very painful. I rely on the safety of the therapeutic frame to allow me to face my issues and work through them.As a fellow graduate student in clinical psychology (4th year), I also felt triggered. My orientation has developed from CBT, when I started, to self psychology with a humanistic/experiential bent. I remember my first experience with working with transference when I was a third year student was quite uncomfortable for me at first. (It was also extremely painful for the client to admit to me.) Thank goodness I had a supervisor who could help me process my discomfort so that I could continue to help this man. It was a valuable learning experinece for me, and crucial to his therapy progress. Perhaps you become interested in doing any therapy, you might prefer CBT or another brief model which would not focus on transference even if it is present (and it often is in some form or another.)
Since I post here both as somone in therapy and as a future T, I feel blessed to have this group accept me while wearing both hats. I certainly do not want to worry about anything jeopardizing that.
Last, perhaps you are not familiar with the tone and purpose of this board. It is for the sharing of ideas and information about psychology and therapy, but it is within a safe and supportive environment. Hence the wonderful posts from others who took the time to think rather than just provide a knee jerk reaction as I did last night.
Good luck with your studies. I certainly can relate to how hard grad school is and what you might be going through.
gg
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