The idea of using current distortions to re-create the past was part of an old, now abandoned, vision of the therapist as archaeologist, patiently scraping off the dust of decades to understand {and thus, in some mysterious manner, undo} the original trauma. It is a far better model to think of understanding the past in order to apprehend the present therapist-patient relationship.
( Irvin D. Yalom )
[ The Gift of Therapy: An Open ]
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