“Do you love me?” Psychologist Stephanie Law explores her thoughts, feelings, and how she responded to a client asking this sincere, vulnerable question.
Well you never even answered the question. Because you chose not to say because in reality its all about the money. Not love or genuine care. Clients are just a file you put back in the cabinet after the hour. Then onto the next client for more money. Its a cold hard uncaring environment.
If you're a good therapist, you are moved by all your patients. We have at least compassion, and sometimes many other feelings. How else could we tolerate the intensity of this work? Or even care?
@@FreudaliciousMind All true, but that's not love, not in the sense the patient meant. Which is fine, of course. Love probably shouldn't factor into this kind of relationship.
The word love is so misunderstood it should not be used by therapists. Most people understand love to be idealisation, unconditional acceptance. Do we accept a person unconditionally? No.
