Marital and Family Therapy

Category - Law & Ethics

When working as a therapist, getting your own therapy:
  1. Can be damaging, given potential to unveil issues
  2. Can improve professional insight and awareness
  3. Makes little difference
  4. Can be dangerous, since it will play out in your own sessions
Explanation
Answer - B - Individual therapy for the therapist can improve professional insight and awareness. Without it, many therapists begin to lose track of their client’s issues inside of their own, decreasing their effectiveness. Receiving your own therapy can free up your time to focus on things that are important to your client, increasing empathy and reflective listening. While it is true that you may see more reflected in your own sessions, have enough confidence that you will be able to keep your issues from pushing into your sessions.
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