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HereSince1628

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7. Maybe not.

Thu Nov 28, 2013, 12:03 PM

Nov 2013

A while back I visited a website on psychodynamic therapy.

One of the things that I saw there was a statement that the therapy involves challenging patient/client about issues in order to build a therapeutic relationship.

My own experience is that things can go very wrong when patient/client is challenged -outside- a trusting therapeutic relationship...

Maybe this is consistent with the guy's training. Psychiatrists are not rocket scientists, they are not high priests. If you don't understand why he did what he did. Or if you think he doesn't understand how what he did made you feel...TAKE IT TO HIM.

Only he knows what he was doing. It could have been something incredibly insightful...it could have been something unsufferably clumsy.

Asking him is the only way to get his perspective... if you care about what his perspective was.

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Unusual response from psychiatrist? [View all] Locut0s Nov 2013 OP

Don't go cold turkey with an SSRI without talking to a professional... HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #1

Yeah I know how to taper off it... Locut0s Nov 2013 #3

I'm really sorry Locut0s, polly7 Nov 2013 #2

Thanks Polly, actually my sessions with him are an hour long... Locut0s Nov 2013 #4

Oh ... well that's frustrating. polly7 Nov 2013 #5

I agree with this get the red out Nov 2013 #6

Maybe not. HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #7

I agree, HS. Tobin S. Nov 2013 #8

Things therapists are unlikely to tell you HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #9

A psychiatrist is not necessarily a psychoanalyst mecherosegarden Dec 2013 #10

Actually this guy is both... Locut0s Dec 2013 #11