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  • Therapy Backfire
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  • Alice has convinced Bob to attend a therapy session with her for some reason or another (whether it's a group session, Bob seeing the shrink on his own, or with Alice varies). She's doing this because, in her mind, Alice believes the doctor will tell Bob that he's wrong, and Alice is right. Most of the time, the therapist will side with Bob's beliefs, maybe even pointing out that Alice is at fault. Naturally, Hilarity Ensues as Alice can't STAND the idea that she's wrong. Some of the possible results that could occur: Examples:
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  • Alice has convinced Bob to attend a therapy session with her for some reason or another (whether it's a group session, Bob seeing the shrink on his own, or with Alice varies). She's doing this because, in her mind, Alice believes the doctor will tell Bob that he's wrong, and Alice is right. Most of the time, the therapist will side with Bob's beliefs, maybe even pointing out that Alice is at fault. Naturally, Hilarity Ensues as Alice can't STAND the idea that she's wrong. Some of the possible results that could occur: * Group Session: The rest of the group sides with Bob, pointing out that Bob's a brave man for putting up with Alice for so long. * Bob and Alice together: Alice will go on a Motive Rant, usually along the lines of "How dare you side with Bob, you quack? Did you get your degree out of a cereal box? You were supposed to say It's not Alice's fault; you're wrong, Bob, so do whatever she says?!" * Bob solo: Similar to the Together example, except it'll be revealed (often by the door swinging open) that Alice has been listening in on the session via door leaning, and the same type of rant as above. In other words, Alice's attempt to railroad Bob into a better man has crashed and burned. Not to be confused with Critical Psychoanalysis Failure, where the attempt at therapy backfires so badly that the therapist ends up mentally broken. Examples: