Part of me dislikes when my clients apologise to me after they swear.
I don't want my clients to apologies for the words they use. If talking freely means swearing, I actually want them to swear!
Some therapists might be against the punchy little words, but I personally can't understand why. And I don't know any therapist who has a problem with it! In fact, I know plenty of therapists who swear worse than sailors.
If you want to ask if swearing is okay, that's absolutely fine. But as a therapist, I quite enjoy when my clients swear, because it makes me feel they're comfortable enough to talk freely and are not afraid of offending me.
In therapy, you want to be able to express yourself. If this means swearing, swear. If it means crying, cry. If it means pulling weird faces, pull those weird faces! Be yourself in therapy.
This post is short and sweet. Just like most swear words.
Written by Lily Llewellyn
18th October 2024
Lily is a psychotherapist (who enjoys swearing) trained and educated in person-centred counselling and a trained life coach. Her areas of interest include our relationships with ourselves and others as well as the ways in which we relate to objects, such as food and money, and activities, such as shopping and work.
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