Reply to "Resistance"

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quote:
"One of the soul-searching questions that needs to be asked in every psychotherapy is : "Who is being resistant: the client - or the therapist?" Often, it is both. The client's resistance is often exacerbated by the therapists's own resistance. "

This quote resonates with something my T said to me once. He said he does not believe in resistance when his interns would complain about it to him. He would tell them that they just had not yet found a way to reach the client and to go back and try something new/different. He did not want his interns using that as an excuse for backing away from a patient.

It's impossible to maintain any resistance (for me anyway) to my T. He has his ways of getting around anything and he has the most devilish smile while he is doing it. That ends up making me laugh even if I am crying.

TN

5/29/128:41 PM

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