You might think that a simple game of “make believe” wouldn’t need to have a safety lecture…but remember, this is playing with our deepest ideas of ourselves, and that can make it tricky indeed. Lee talks about how there can be issues with things ranging from simply forgetting to come “all the way out” of your role through full dissociation ” – when you’re in the trunk.” He emphasizes that while role play can indeed be therapeutic, it is not a substitute for therapy.

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