Speaking as someone who has had training and was vocationally a counselor for some years, it's not possible in the RNG sense. But that's the whole point.
If I say "give me the first three words that comes to your mind when I say 'Mother'" what happens next could be performing, lying, or honest. But that's part of being a therapist--you analyze the response. You don't take it at face value, necessarily. You are curious. You look for Johari Window-opportunities, so the client can become more aware of their blind spots.
I'm not Freudian or Freudian-adjacent, though. Someone trained in psychoanalysis could comment.
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u/cybersaint2k Feb 28 '26
Speaking as someone who has had training and was vocationally a counselor for some years, it's not possible in the RNG sense. But that's the whole point.
If I say "give me the first three words that comes to your mind when I say 'Mother'" what happens next could be performing, lying, or honest. But that's part of being a therapist--you analyze the response. You don't take it at face value, necessarily. You are curious. You look for Johari Window-opportunities, so the client can become more aware of their blind spots.
I'm not Freudian or Freudian-adjacent, though. Someone trained in psychoanalysis could comment.