In a way, I strive for complete ignorance when first meeting each of my clients. I don't want to make any assumptions about them, I don't want to draw on any kind of 'expertise' to pre-judge our relationship, I don't want to explain them, interpret them or categorise them with any labels. I want each and every first encounter to be just that: an encounter with another human being, untainted by any preconceived ideas.
I want to be with them and to meet them, openly, honestly, without prejudice.
What I know about them is whatever I experience from our therapeutic relationship. It is all about the here-and-now.
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