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In Reply to: Psychotherapy Lets Bygones Be Bygones posted by JS on February 20, 2006 at 14:21:01:
Even if it is a new trend in therapy it seems off-kilter to me, especially as relates to those raised in the Family. Sure, I can understand that therapists are fed up with many bitching Americans raised in normal homes & blaming their parents for everything, but it seems crazy to disregard one's childhood when people have had a truly traumatic past.
Even in the case of an 'alcoholic mother' I can't imagine any AA counselor who'd agree that that background has so little bearing on a person's problems that it's not even worth discussing.
I understand the point of needing to move on from the past, but imo, dealing with the past is an important first step, for fgs and sgs both.
