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Week of January 14, 2002
 I get very nervous driving on the freeway now, especially on curved roads. When I drive through the curves I feel like my car is going to flip over and turn upside down. I've been driving this same freeway for about 11 years. I haven't had any accidents. I commute 25 miles one way. I didn't have this
problem before. It started about 2 years ago and is now getting worse. My doctor gave me clonazepam 0.5 mg to take one a day. It helps me calm down when I'm driving on the freeway but I'm still very nervous. I don't have any problems at home or at work. Freeway driving is the only problem in my life bothering me almost all the time.
Dr. Pies' Answer
It may be well documented that very positive
therapeutic relationships can result in a patient
acting out a diagnosis to please the therapist.
How can a therapist or patient differentiate between
purely pathological behavior and pathological behavior
that is shaped by the patient's natural desire to be
what the therapist thinks the patient is? What can a
therapist do to avoid training patients to act
out according to the therapist's beliefs about the patients'
illness?
Dr. Pies' Answer
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