Finding a new therapist

Health and Recovery
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I hope you find a new therapist soon @Minnii

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The deal with a lot of psychotherapists is that they follow a model where the patient is supposed to project his or her issues onto the therapist. The pdoc is not supposed to make an ego alliance with the patient, but instead be a passive recipient of the patientā€™s emotions over his or her issues and problems. I was always very frustrated with this model. I donā€™t want to pay money to talk to a fence post. It might work for some patients, but a lot of patients fail to follow this path.

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Thatā€™s called transference and itā€™s freudian. I donā€™t do freudian therapy.

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I agree. I donā€™t like this model either.

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I had bigger breakthrough in therapy getting lost in trying and trying to understand a few of the psychotherapies. I walked out on a few but got what I felt I needed in a few short sessions. Trust yourself and your instinct at least to a point. If itā€™s time to leave itā€™s time to leave.

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Actually Iā€™m going to wait a bit. Iā€™ve been searching and what is available isnā€™t to my liking at all, my country is still very backwards in regards to psychotherapy. Iā€™m sticking with this one, Iā€™m getting results. Iā€™ll talk to him of my concerns

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