IJSP Number 1, 2019

64 school, the work I do at my cabinet and the standards I impose myself regarding the profession of psychotherapist. Besides these there is lately also the desire to become a mother myself, to have a child. Therefore, one can clearly see also in my case, an inability to draw clear borders, to establish some real limits. This is probably because on the Cognitive axis, at a cognitive level I have inoculated as a central belief that the lowering of the standards and prioritization of assumed tasks will lead to a decrease in my level as a professional in my field and would represent a failure, proving to myself that I am unable to realize everything at the highest standard and therefore not fulfilling my true potential. The case shown here is a complex one, the approach used was itself extremely complex, it demanded a lot emotionally due to the fact that it touched on certain vulnerabilities, sensitivities also referring to the concept of femininity, sacrifice and self-giving. Feelings of anger and revolt towards the attitude of the girl’s parents were also observed. I suppressed these emotions during my time with the client not to influence or destroy the therapeutic process. The close therapeutic relationship established with the child had an essential role from my point of view to ensure the good course of the psychotherapy. The techniques and the therapeutic methods I used during our meetings were always chosen in relation to the resources and the needs of the client. Working on this case I had the courage to become aware of my own blockages and vulnerabilities, the support of the supervisor (psychotherapist Loredana Ileana Vîșcu) being instrumental and needed in this period. Without this support it is very likely that certain issues would not have been discovered in time. That being said, I think that using a Strategic Integrative Psychotherapy approach with the client was the best. It touched on all six psychological axes (Biological, Cognitive, Emotional, Psychodynamic, Existential and Family) and it verified the four domains of the Self (basic, central, plastic and external) allowing me to realize a novel and complex “radiography” of the case. This form of psychotherapy always encourages our development, the client’s development as well as the development of the relations established by the client with others and with the society at large. As a conclusion for this chapter in which I tried to present the impact the case had over me as a psychotherapist, I find it extremely relevant to note the following fragment from Angela Ionescu’s book “Psychotherapy, Introductory Notions”. This fragment refers to the respect we, as formed and personally developed people, should have towards the people we work with: “The client needs to be treated as the psychotherapist wishes to be treated him/herself: with respect, honesty, attention and acceptance. The psychotherapist has the obligation to be aware of his/her own value system and attitude, not trying to impose them on his/her patient and to respect the client’s values and beliefs. It is important that the psychotherapist is centered on