ABSTRACT
The author examines that if we use an analogy, then it would also mean that the builder/therapist would be in the position of having the blueprints changed several times in mid-project, of having little idea how many workers would show up on any given day, and of being beset by occasional natural disasters that wiped out some of the work already accomplished. And that is even before we try to factor in the general skill and experience of the builder or her expertise with the particular kind of house the client wants. Weigh for yourself the speculations of Jeanne Adleman, Marny Hall, and Natalie Porter as they reflect on the problem of failure in therapy. The literature is full of the encouragement of what works; here we turn our attention to the aspect of education that most of us do more privately: grappling with our uncertainties and inadequacies.
