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What therapists don't talk about and why: Understanding taboos that hurt us and our clients.

DOI: 10.1037/11413-000

Publisher: American Psychological Association - American Psychological Association

Apr 9, 2007

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Questioning Myths, Taboos, Secrets, and Uncomfortable Topics.

Pope, Kenneth S.; Sonne, Janet L.; Greene, Beverly

Pages: 3 –26

This is a book of exploration, discovery, and learning. It was created to help therapists and therapists-in-training explore topics that are taboo, that receive only superficial treatment, or that provoke anxiety, discomfort, and confusion. This chapter discusses the myths about the...
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Therapists' Sexual Arousals, Attractions, and Fantasies: An Example of a Topic That Isn't There.

Pope, Kenneth S.; Sonne, Janet L.; Greene, Beverly

Pages: 27 –41

Chapter 2 looks in detail at one of the profession's most widespread, complex, and influential taboos. Sexual feelings about patients--a topic that is different from sexual contact with patients or the ancient prohibition against therapist-patient sexual involvement--were absent from our...
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Creating Conditions for Learning.

Pope, Kenneth S.; Sonne, Janet L.; Greene, Beverly

Pages: 43 –51

It may be a while before the standard curriculum includes "Introduction to Taboo Topics," "Therapists' Sexual Feelings 101," or "Advanced Secrets and Myths in Psychology Training and Practice," yet the profession must at least try to prepare new professionals to recognize, acknowledge, and...
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Questions We'd Rather Avoid: A Self-Assessment.

Pope, Kenneth S.; Sonne, Janet L.; Greene, Beverly

Pages: 53 –64

This chapter invites you to try a self-assessment, using your own experience as a way of learning about the secrets, taboos, and uncomfortable topics that seem to lurk in virtually all clinical training programs. This process of questioning can also teach us about factors that encourage us to...
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Possible Clues to Taboo Topics and Uncomfortable Feelings.

Pope, Kenneth S.; Sonne, Janet L.; Greene, Beverly

Pages: 65 –83

This chapter briefly discusses 17 possible clues gathered from our professional experiences that may help a therapist become aware when taboo topics, unacknowledged feelings, or other unidentified or misidentified factors that are affecting the therapist, the client, or the therapy process. In...
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Passages and Scenarios for Exploration.

Pope, Kenneth S.; Sonne, Janet L.; Greene, Beverly

Pages: 85 –144

The following passages and scenarios in this chapter provide an opportunity for exploring topics that tend to be taboo, receive only superficial treatment, or provoke anxiety, discomfort, and confusion. The passages offer opportunities to explore reactions to situations selected from the...
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Confronting an Impasse: What Do We Do When We Don't Know What to Do?

Pope, Kenneth S.; Sonne, Janet L.; Greene, Beverly

Pages: 145 –155

What do we do when we don't know what to do? The taboo topics of our profession--those issues we learn to stay away from, to pretend aren't there or aren't relevant, to avoid exploring or engaging--and the myths that help sustain them can impair our ability to handle uncertainty. A repeated theme...

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