My father was a writer. He wrote all of his life, inflicting upon many of us his novels, plays, articles, essays, and self-help books. Some were marvelous; some merely well-intentioned. But of all the things he wrote, his journal is his legacy: by turns wise and bewildering, it neared 1,100 type-written pages when he died in 2010. Although perused many times, this is the first time it will be read - cover to cover, page after page.
Friday, January 25, 2013
When Support Becomes Dependency
A purpose of therapy is eliminating the need for what we offer, enabling people to manage their own lives, trust their own decisions, and move beyond dependency even when it is called support. While support in growth or in consideration of options may be helpful, it too often becomes support in being who I want you to be, and so the process is self-defeating.
Labels:
decisions,
limitations,
therapy,
trust
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