A High School student recently contacted me asking if I would do an online interview for a paper she is writing on psychotherapy. I agreed, and then thought I’d post the interview here as well: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A THERAPIST? I worked in various outpatient social service agencies …
More...While creating this new website, I thought that a blog would be a wonderful opportunity for me to say some of the things that would not be helpful to say in the midst of one of my sessions with a patient. In the actual sessions, the patients’ thoughts, anxieties and concerns must and should be the focus. I also anticipated that this blog would be a great opportunity for me to learn from others about their experiences and reactions to the things that most psychoanalytic psychotherapists do not usually bring into the treatment sessions.
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