Posted by Voce on January 7, 2006, at 2:50:31
In reply to Re: Ramblings » fairywings, posted by Voce on January 7, 2006, at 2:43:15
that my first T did not really clue me in on the processes of therapy while it was happening. I had to find the definition of "transference" myself to explain all the agony I was going through. I had to do all the reading before I realized he was psychodynamic. I would have appreciated a few explainations along the way...now I'll get to read the records and see a little bit of what was going on in his head.
It's sort of spiteful, I know. I don't like being kept in the dark about anything. I know he didn't think I was too dumb to understand psychobabble language and clinical terms. I think he just wanted the processes of therapy to happen unadulterated. He did apologize once for engaging in "professional snobbery" (when I suggested, meekly, that he read "In Session: the bond between women and their therapists"). He did end up reading it much later and loved it.
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