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THE MYTH OF THE UNFEELING STRATEGIC THERAPIST
Author(s) -
Kleckner Trudy,
Bland Cayla,
Frank Larry,
Amendt John H.,
Bryant R. duRee
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1992.tb01737.x
Subject(s) - mythology , neglect , feeling , session (web analytics) , psychology , social psychology , sociology , psychotherapist , business , literature , art , psychiatry , advertising
This paper explores what the authors consider to be a widespread myth: that strategic therapists ignore, avoid, or neglect client feelings in treatment. This myth is promulgated by trainers' admonitions and strategic theorists' injunctions against dealing with client affect. It is also cultivated by omission of this topic in the strategic literature. The myth is destructive in that it misrepresents what strategic practitioners actually do in a therapy session. Seven elements of the myth are delineated and the corresponding fallacies are illustrated.