From time to time, in order to help clients understand that clinical affectology is NOT an approach that can be immediately defined or reported on (as to the in-session experiences) I have told them some stories of past experiences where clients who have some pretty ordinary expectations of success have experienced amazing changes over a small amount of time.
I recall a couple of those clients telling me that I "should" write these stories down and hand them out to clients and prospective clients because they seemed to put questions and skepticism somewhat to rest. Elsewhere I have told you that I am a dyed-in-the-wool "therapy skeptic" - or "therapy cynic". That means that not only do I believe that many reports from clients that are directly given to their therapists are skewed in some way, or downright untruthful. I've always been suspicious of the "Ah-ha; Wow!" style of report. ADDITIONALLY, I have always been aware that not everyone believes appeals to just "wait and see" as I am in fact asking you to do. These constitute in many cases, plain and simple SPIN. This then, is why I do not make a big issue of "case histories" of that nature in any of my writings. But it can be helpful, I believe, to just read about them and draw your own conclusions. So, I offer a couple of cases where we have discovered that positive outcomes have resulted in surprise, even to the practitioner. And OF COURSE, names have been changed. I cite presenting symptoms and problems, not from gaining that knowledge during therapy, but afterwards.
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