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by r41nbowdash 2880 days ago
It creates power in the advice-seeker by making the advice-giver invested.

It can serve as an indicator of ongoing dynamics.

If used to gain power, it's going to blow up in your face. From the psychoanalytic point of view, verbalizing solutions before the patient is ready is like the #1 worst thing someone can do, and the largest generator of resistance out there. Just don't.

Check Carl Rogers, if you're interested ("Client-Centered Therapy", "Counseling and Psychotherapy")