“Any illness requires medical presence. Only a doctor is authorized to diagnose, treat and monitor the evolution of these symptoms, of course. »
This is not a polite and hypocritical formula on my part but a real recommendation. Too many therapists today play sorcerers’ apprentices, unconsciously regulating their relationship with authority, with the father… All these rebels put their patients in danger. By believing themselves to be well-intentioned, they forget that medicine, even if it has its limits, has its skills of which no one should be deprived.
One of the therapist’s traps is to believe in omnipotence: their own, that of the patient, that of the unconscious…
However, the facts show that no therapeutic approach in the world cures everyone of everything all the time. Complementarity, openness and shared intelligence offer more chances of healing than any isolated approach.
Therapy ? Respect and flexibility
What matters during decoding therapy is the symptom. We rely on the symptom to propose a decoding. But if “it doesn’t speak to” the person, insisting would be of no use. The therapist is always faced with the complexity of the human being. It is up to him to be infinitely careful when he proposes a decoding.
Always be alert to the patient’s reactions, emotional reactions.
Trust in medicine
Everything you read in his works can in no way claim to replace the human relationship, care and professional listening of a medical doctor. What is written is only a set of observations intended to direct your attention to the possible message of the disease in conjunction with the competent care by these women and men, doctors, who have vowed to relieve the suffering of their fellow human beings with all their art, an art which is constantly evolving.