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A big part of the therapy is encouraging patients to do things
that they've been avoiding, things like talking about a memory
or going to certain places.
And so there is a lot of encouragement,
a lot of working together to help the patient do those things.
No patient is forced to do anything
that they don't want to do.
I always tell my patients they are free to stop therapy,
or free to walk out of the room,
or free to fire me at any point.
And I've found that there have been times
where I've probably pushed patients a little bit too far,
and if I have to do that, the patient's really not ready
or they don't want to complete therapy anyway, and so
they tend to not do as well.
But a big part of my job
as a PE therapist is being supportive and encouraging
for patients to confront things that make them feel nervous,
so we kind of do it together.