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The Therapist Takes a Vacation and Blurting: Six ways therapists can recover from mistakes

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We all do it once in awhile, say something we wish we could take back. You may not even notice when your therapist does it, might not even get it, but she does. Mount Kilimanjaro You likely will notice! And when you do, might be tempted to confront, and you might just do that. But this is a hierarchical relationship, despite all our talk about Empowerment Therapy and Call me by my first name. We come to rely upon our therapists, don't get excited at the notion of arguing or challenging them. Well, some do. Which is fine! But we therapists know when it's a blurt, a wish I could'a taken that one back  moment, either by the look on your face, or through the words that play later on in our heads. (Many of us do this, think about you when you're gone, try to capture answers by reviewing what happened in the room.) If we think we've erred, and shouldn't have said what we've said, we have options, some more mature than others, some more therapeutic than others. Le...