From: dawgface@ten.hut   
      
   "Robert Jenkins"  wrote in message   
   news:2brjds.lfl.19.1@news.alt.net...   
   > When A tells a funny story to B about something which actually   
   > happened to him, and B repeats it to C, it often happens that B   
   > personalizes the story, telling it as if it was something which had   
   > happened to him.   
   >   
   > But I know of at least one person who does the same thing with advice.   
   > That is, in order to convince the person he is advising that they   
   > should do X, he tells them about experiences which actually happened   
   > to other people, in order to make them more immediate.   
   >   
   > What is this called? Is it regarded as legitimate? Are professional   
   > psychotherapists allowed to do this?   
   >   
   > Thanks.   
      
   Most anybody can and will do this, it takes understanding to apply it   
   properly as well as fit in support cases. If one *had* to experience   
   something in order to treat it then woman counselors would never be able   
   to help boys that were abused, and vice-versa. Do I have to have   
   murdered someone while in a state of temporary insanity in order to   
   help?   
      
   Of course there is much more to it than what I explained about, but   
   worry about it the shoe fits, not so much about who puts in on.   
      
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