Posted by pegasus on December 27, 2006, at 9:51:47
In reply to plz does th t feel th connection we feel too?!, posted by Scentedgarden on December 23, 2006, at 19:51:47
My ex-T says that when he moved away and closed his practice it was really hard and sad to leave all of the people (clients) that he had developed close relationships with. He also told me once that there is some great research that shows that when one person feels a connection to the other person, almost always it's because the other person feels it too. Apparently they've done some kind of brain imaging that shows synchronicity between the brains of the connecting people. His point was that if I feel connected to him, it's because the two of us have a connection, not because I'm making something up that he doesn't feel.
And I've spoken to other Ts who talk about their bonds with clients, from their side. (I'm in a M.A. program for counseling psych, and all my teachers are practicing Ts.) Of course, it's different for them, because the therapy is so focused on the client's experience. But I think a good T really does feel the connection.
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