Being the Therapist Without ‘Being the Therapist’?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.65828/0maym482Keywords:
Bad faith, being the therapist, therapeutic relationship, existential psychotherapyAbstract
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’.
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