When the Healer Falters: Navigating Therapist Vulnerability, Illness, and Self-Disclosure Through an IFS Lens
Co-authored by Martha Sweezy and Roberta Omin The traditional archetype of the psychotherapist is one of steady neutrality—a blank screen upon which clients project their deepest fears, desires, and relational patterns. In this idealized framework, the clinician remains an unblemished vessel: objective, untroubled by personal turmoil, and safely sequestered behind professional boundaries. But what happens…
