My point is that therapy is not a "one size fits all". Agreed. And your assertion re enforces the idea that the problem in these situations is that if a therapist is going to self disclose personal information to a client that is psychologically burdensome, then the therapist does not have the client’s best interests at heart. For those clients who “know the difference”, in these cases, it is better for client to seek a new psychotherapist who would not want to burden a client with such personal information. After all, therapy is about the client, not the therapist. Once clients spend time trying to “understand” the therapists problems, it’s not therapy any more. It’s a “buddy – buddy” relationship. After all, it’s the clients dime, not the therapists dime. And boundaries can become easily blurred in these situations. Both client and therapist can become confused as to therapeutic boundaries and therapist can also lose her or his therapeutic sense of self if client continues with such a therapist.
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