I have heard the terms facilitator and viewer. What do they mean and why dont you use therapist and client or patient?
We have chosen the neutral term, facilitator rather than therapist or counselor for the reason that therapy can imply that there is something wrong with the person who is coming for help, and to counsel means to advise. Neither of these fits well with the concept of person-centered work. In addition to this, some TIR practitioners are if fact licensed therapists while others are come from different backgrounds. We use the word viewer because it is the client, the viewer, who is doing the most important work in the session, that of viewing his or her own mental world. The facilitator assists in this process. Within the documents on this website you at times see practitioner, therapist, and facilitator being used interchangeably depending on the viewpoint of the speaker/writer. Likewise you will see client and viewer used interchangeably. We do avoid the use of the word patient and the medical model in general as we do not find it empowering for the people who come to us.
