"Do therapists use their own personal experience in therapy/treatment."
>For example, whether the therapist has/had a physical condition themselves,
>do they use their experience to reassure patient.
I know personally I use experiences, I am a newly qualified physio of a mere
22 years of age so I get a lot of grief from older patients about "a
youngster like you doesn't know how it feels to be a patient" it is quite
nice to be able to produce a nice surgical scar and tell them I know exactly
how they feel.
Mind you I am not recomending we all go out and have major orthopaedic
surgery so we can be better therapists!!! (That would be dedication)
Cheers,
John Willenbruch MCSP
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