Posted by glenn on October 31, 2003, at 4:06:37
In reply to Re: Psychotherapy Nonsense » ace, posted by Emme on October 30, 2003, at 21:55:15
I atually went to a very good therapist and was so impressed I trained to be one for 3 years, I have to say however that it did not help at all when I became severely ill and cbt was like standing on the side of a motorway trying to stop cars by putting out my hand ( ie stopping "ants")automatic negative thoughts as they call them, if I ever managed to stop one there was a whole load more coming through.
Medications are not perfect but at least they cannot tell you that you are denying, repressing,or not wanting to get better, and charge you plenty of money for the priveledge.
The probem seems to be that there is very little to indicate who, or what conditions might benefit from one as opposed to the other ( or both!)
It does appear this may be changing as ptsd seems to be made worse by therapy so at least some progress has been made.
My own view is that a good relationship with a good therapist is great for interpersonal relationship difficulties but is maybe not such a good idea for sreious depression/ anxiety.Glenn
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