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Fry · 23-12-2011, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ThinkingofRecovery

I think a therapist could string along a client for money or for the goal of having power over that person.

It's just that I have a problem with the thought of people being in therapy for years and relying on that one person and wonder how healthy it is?

I understand some people will have complex problems but is years of therapy really a helpful/healthy way to deal with it or at some point does that person need to go it alone.

I don't really buy into psychotherapry per se I suppose I'm just cynical. I'm more for practical therapies such as cbt, dbt, cat.

Would think that if a therapist tried to string someone along in order to have power over them, they're in the wrong job. But I guess it might happen.

Relying on one person isn't healthy, but a person could attend therapy alongside relying on people in their personal life too like their partner / friends. I think it's especially unhealthy if the client substitutes the therapist for the sort of person that they need in their personal life that they perhaps don't have. Or don't make efforts to develop relationships away from the therapist because they don't feel they have to.

I'm not sure years of therapy is helpful either, sometimes it might just perpetuate the problem unnecessarily. Like, if you keep talking about something and giving it significance, it'll have that significance. I think therapy can be good to teach the client the tools they need to break away and use on their own. But I wouldn't totally rule out years of therapy being appropriate in some cases.

I did DBT for three years, repeating each module and can definitely say I took more away from that in terms of practical skills I can remember and still use, than I did from psychotherapy. I can't even really remember what I talked about in psychotherapy as I begun it when I was 14, apart from that from time to time it just wound me up, lol.

23-12-2011, 06:33 AM	#4
Fry Join Date: Dec 2009 I am currently:	Quote: Originally Posted by ThinkingofRecovery I think a therapist could string along a client for money or for the goal of having power over that person. It's just that I have a problem with the thought of people being in therapy for years and relying on that one person and wonder how healthy it is? I understand some people will have complex problems but is years of therapy really a helpful/healthy way to deal with it or at some point does that person need to go it alone. I don't really buy into psychotherapry per se I suppose I'm just cynical. I'm more for practical therapies such as cbt, dbt, cat. Would think that if a therapist tried to string someone along in order to have power over them, they're in the wrong job. But I guess it might happen. Relying on one person isn't healthy, but a person could attend therapy alongside relying on people in their personal life too like their partner / friends. I think it's especially unhealthy if the client substitutes the therapist for the sort of person that they need in their personal life that they perhaps don't have. Or don't make efforts to develop relationships away from the therapist because they don't feel they have to. I'm not sure years of therapy is helpful either, sometimes it might just perpetuate the problem unnecessarily. Like, if you keep talking about something and giving it significance, it'll have that significance. I think therapy can be good to teach the client the tools they need to break away and use on their own. But I wouldn't totally rule out years of therapy being appropriate in some cases. I did DBT for three years, repeating each module and can definitely say I took more away from that in terms of practical skills I can remember and still use, than I did from psychotherapy. I can't even really remember what I talked about in psychotherapy as I begun it when I was 14, apart from that from time to time it just wound me up, lol.
Fry Join Date: Dec 2009 I am currently:	Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do you want? (Used to be ~sonic~)