I think it's important for therapists to challenge their patients - how else do you make progress?
But for a therapist to challenge a patient effectively there has to be some measure of trust and rapport established first.
whichway wrote:Wendy calls it empathic confrontation and bookends it with positive statements.
narc_magnet wrote:I think it's important for therapists to challenge their patients - how else do you make progress?
But for a therapist to challenge a patient effectively there has to be some measure of trust and rapport established first.
narc_magnet wrote:I think it's important for therapists to challenge their patients - how else do you make progress?
But for a therapist to challenge a patient effectively there has to be some measure of trust and rapport established first.
Gomba13 wrote:Also, it would seem based on testimonials of pathological narcissists who have been to therapy that the majority of therapists provide supply
Gomba13 wrote:If you cannot communicate to your client something as basic as the fact that you are on their side, how will you manage to tell them about the nasty things about themselves they would rather never hear?
narc_magnet wrote:I will admit that I did not see myself as the problem. I still don't, although signs are starting to point more in my direction lol. But I would've stayed in marriage counseling longer and talked it through if I felt it was safe for me.
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