therapist. In my contact with Professor Markham about his research
proposal I made the pointless point that a more attractive therapist
could be more likely to effect behavioural modification, i.e. to make a
change in a person using a technique like CBT . It's a guess but I think
more attractive people get listened to more. It's a very poor way to
look at people to suggest that physical attraction makes people want to
spend more time or listen to a person more. I'm sure there are many
exceptions to the rule. But it's a general observation based on personal
experience. And this moment is a perfect example. In my response to
Professor Markham's research I made the point about the attractiveness
of therapists at the end. It was an example of what may be a true factor
in therapist-client effects,. one that wasn't observed by the dataset
and one that the NHS couldn't commission services to provide if it was
the true effect. It was also a little test to see if he read to the end
of my response. It was a joke which he didn't respond to. It was a
little test to see if he read through the whole thing. I didn't bother
to read through his final research proposal.
The pretty lady told me a quote recently. Quotes have high value for me.
They are not just distilled wisdom. They are triggers for thought and
change. They are like photographs. A thousand words reduced to a brief
moment of communication. Silver halide is replaced by the word.
If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked. -
Epictetus
I'm just going to leave it here for now.
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