“You should know better, you’re a therapist.”
“Can’t you just be your own therapist?”
Tired of hearing these comments from others? I’m a firm believer that therapy is for everyone—even therapists! Just because you are in this field does not mean you are perfect and does not mean that you are not equally deserving of help. Trained by Harry Aponte in the Person of the Therapist technique, this therapy focuses on the unique challenges those in the helping professions may face. The Person of the Therapist theory focuses on therapists knowing themselves well, while exploring their own “signature theme” that may be activated in their clinical work. Issues of transference, countertransference, and codependency are entwined with one’s own biases of contextual variables, with the ultimate goal of knowing oneself better.