Posted by twinleaf on November 10, 2008, at 17:19:41
In reply to Re: Research project, posted by Dr. Bob on November 10, 2008, at 2:39:37
I do think the archives are a uniquely rich source for people in mental health fields who want to study 1) how an on-line community helps or hinders an individual's experience and progress in therapy, or 2) the emotional reactions, tranferential and otherwise of everyone who is in therapy. As it happened, I was talking about this latter aspect with my analyst this morning, and he said that he thought the day-by-day written notes in the archives about patients' feelings and struggles, the shipwrecks and successes which are recorded there constitute a unique resource for analytically oriented therapists. He said the amount of detail and descriptions of day-to-day feelings is far greater than what is usually available to a therapist- even an analyst like him who works intensively with relatively few patients.
I don't actually know whether he has read Babble. but it would be perfectly acceptable to me if he did. And I don't mind at all if anything I've written- now in the archives- is used for any educational or therapeutic purpose. All I need is continued anonymity, which I feel certain I will always have.
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