In this episode I'm joined again by Ike Odina.
Questions, questions, questions:
We talk over these issues and offer some of our insights gained from our knowledge and experiences.
Beginning with refugees and their journey to our country we look at how we work with people in this situation and wonder, are we here to 'fix'?
We discuss and share ideas about what we might want to do, compared what we can actually do and faced with the uncertainty and the unknowns that develop over the length of the therapeutic relationship, what is our responsibility and how do we measure that? Where and how does the scientific method help us in our exploration and description of our work, if it does?
In our work with our clients, we suggest, we offer perspectives and choices and maybe these come from and reinforce our biases. Through the issues of risk, investment and trust we explore how we can become 'better' educators and therefore more effective therapists.
We don't claim to present simple solutions but hope that our discussion will enlighten clients as to some of the issues that we struggle with and help both trainee and experienced psychotherapists alike consider their own views and beliefs on these issues.
How do you answer the question: Psychotherapy - What is our job?