Posted by noa on March 12, 2004, at 18:56:42
In reply to Re: This blew my mind, posted by Miss Honeychurch on March 12, 2004, at 8:28:58
You kind of put your finger on something important--I really do feel it is important that clients have the safety to explore all kinds of feelings and be able to feel sure that they won't get acted on by the therapist.
My previous therapist once told me that to be effective his job was to "stay out of the way", ie, to have as little action in my life story.
Clients hopes and wishes for other kinds of relationships with their therapists are normal as part of the process, but it changes everything if there is a chance that the therapist will allow it to get acted out.
I feel really good and safe knowing my therapist has really good boundaries and strong ethics.
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