For me, the question is, "Should one put one's feelings aside?" If one accepts the usefulness of interrogating one's own counter-transferences, which can occur even in a brief assessment, for example, for me the sense when sitting with someone with schizophrenia the sense that their psyche has been turned inside out, one's own feelings towards the client can prove diagnostically useful. In other words, I wonder (a) if objectivity is possible when dealing with people, and (b) if it is in fact useful when it comes to assessing and helping people.
For me, the question is, "Should one put one's feelings aside?" If one accepts the usefulness of interrogating one's own counter-transferences, which can occur even in a brief assessment, for example, for me the sense when sitting with someone with schizophrenia the sense that their psyche has been turned inside out, one's own feelings towards the client can prove diagnostically useful. In other words, I wonder (a) if objectivity is possible when dealing with people, and (b) if it is in fact useful when it comes to assessing and helping people.