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Comment by Frederick on March 14, 2009 12:46 pm<\/a><\/p>\n

Hello Karen,<\/p>\n

In episode 9 of USoT Dr. Ocean freaked me out! What is your opinion of the therapy between Dr. Ocean and Tara? Did you therpaist behave in such a way? Loved your book, Love you, Love that you are here answering questions your therapist should be answering.<\/p>\n

Good luck always,<\/p>\n

Fred<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dear Frederick,<\/p>\n

I know USoT is a show for entertainment but seriously, in my opinion, “Tara” isn’t receiving the appropriate support from her therapist. \u00a0Tara needs a qualified psychiatrist, who has experience in psychoanalysis. \u00a0Dr. Ocean is skittish, does not exude confidence, and appears too frail to deal with Tara, her alters, and her family. \u00a0I know that there was little session time to base my opinion on, however, if my psychiatrist behaved in such a manner I would’ve run out the door, too!<\/p>\n

A multiple “feeds” off their therapist until she, herself, can gain the strength needed to succeed. \u00a0A multiple requires a strong, self-assured therapist. \u00a0When a patient like me walks into a therapist’s office already feeling insecure, with the ability to zone in on feelings of weakness, it’s not acceptable for the therapist to appear distraught. \u00a0A multiple knows! \u00a0Therefore, trust can’t be established and therapy becomes an added stress on both the multiple and the therapist. Tension is destructive and no work gets accomplished.<\/p>\n

In my opinion, Dr. Ocean appears too weak to be a good therapist. \u00a0She appears to have many issues of her own and should seek help for herself while treating Tara. \u00a0A multiple can overwhelm and exhaust her therapist. \u00a0My psychiatrist never showed any signs of distress or weakness in my presence during our therapeutic relationship. He may have been stressed, become physically ill, or even hated me, but even I never picked up on it, and believe me, as a multiple I would have. \u00a0Therapists are trained to not reflect emotions through their facial expressions. Dr. Ocean couldn’t and was easily read. I’m sure Tara knew that.<\/p>\n

I believe Dr. Ocean will terminate the therapeutic relationship with Tara. Why? Because there already has been a breach in confidentiality when Max, Tara’s husband, went to see her without Tara. \u00a0I don’t see that Dr. Ocean is the right therapist to handle Tara and her alters.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your question.<\/p>\n

Karen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Comment by Frederick on March 14, 2009 12:46 pm Hello Karen, In episode 9 of USoT Dr. Ocean freaked me out! What is your opinion of the therapy between Dr. Ocean and Tara? Did you therpaist behave in such a way? Loved your book, Love you, Love that you are here answering questions your therapist […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-karens-answers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}