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Originally Posted by sunrise
"Non-judgmental listening."
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I thought
all therapists were supposed to do that!
BTW, I think therapists
should make judgements. It is
condemnations (of people) they "should" not make. One more instance where choosing the right word, and thinking clearly, makes a difference.
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Do you know what it [the therapy I described] helped people with (the people who said they were cured)? Was it anxiety, depression, other things? Perhaps you can contact the place it was used (a hospital?) and see if they can tell you a name for this therapy or recommend a way to find a practitioner.
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I avoided mentioning what the disorder treated was, because I thought maybe people here would think it was not relevant! It was anorexia, and the therapy took place decades ago in the UK. I don't know that the therapist is even alive now. I did try to contact him once via another person in the UK, but could not contact him.
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In the type of therapy you described, it could go on for several hours at a time, as long as need be, instead of being articially constrained to 50 minutes....So if you can find a T who does this, it might work well. If a person shows up on a T's doorstep and says I'll pay you $600 for 4 consecutive $150 sessions, it seems like the T could oblige, if the T and client both agree it would be therapeutic. (And if bathroom breaks are allowed.  )
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I really can't imagine anyone doing this these days. And would it work if I have to convince someone to try it? That means (to me) I am trying to manage my own therapy, and I want someone who knows how to act independently of me trying to tell them how to therapize.