Does your therapist have personal experience of the modality they wish to use with you?
This is an important question, and one that clients should be asking.
First hand experience of any modality assists practitioners in understanding the clients perspective, and should be an intrinsic part of any therapists work. After all, therapists have issues too, and we all benefit from being part of the healing journey.
Therapists, no matter their modality, are, in the main, here to support you, the client, on your own healing journey of recovery.
Experiencing the techniques they use gives therapists important information on how it could impact a client, both positively and negatively. This information informs the therapist, and ultimately gives you, the client, the best outcome.
A counsellor who has never had counselling, or a practitioner who has never had therapy, is a red flag to me.
I have known practitioners who have never had therapy themselves, and it always bothers me.
It should bother you, too, as the client.
Always ask your therapist, counsellor or practitioner if they have had personal experience of the modality they wish to use with you.
Experiencing the techniques they use gives therapists important information on how it could impact a client, both positively and negatively. This information informs the therapist, and ultimately gives you, the client, the best outcome.
A counsellor who has never had counselling, or a practitioner who has never had therapy, is a red flag to me.
I have known practitioners who have never had therapy themselves, and it always bothers me.
It should bother you, too, as the client.
Always ask your therapist, counsellor or practitioner if they have had personal experience of the modality they wish to use with you.
