Being the Therapist Without ‘Being the Therapist’?

Carla Willig

Being the Therapist Without ‘Being the Therapist’?

Authors

Carla Willig Author

Keywords:

Bad faith, being the therapist, therapeutic relationship, existential psychotherapy

Abstract

This SEA-workshop was concerned with moments in our interactions with clients where we felt that we were acting in ‘bad faith’. The workshop engaged with the question of the extent to which it is possible to be a therapist without playing the role of ‘the therapist’.