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THE MYTH OF THE UNFEELING STRATEGIC THERAPIST
T Kleckner1, C Bland1, L Frank1
1Marriage and Family TherapistMarriage and Family TherapistMarriage and Family TherapistMarriage and Family TherapistSupervisor of Social Services.
Abstract:
This paper explores what the authors consider to be a widespread myth: that strategic therapists ignore, avoid, or neglect client feelings in treatment. This myth is promulgated by trainers' admonitions and strategic theorists' injunctions against dealing with client affect. It is also cultivated by omission of this topic in the strategic literature. The myth is destructive in that it misrepresents what strategic practitioners actually do in a therapy session. Seven elements of the myth are delineated and the corresponding fallacies are illustrated.
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