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Old Jul 06, 2012, 05:41 PM
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OK, so none of the PC blogs actually says that explicitly, but that's message I get from many of them: The patient is doing it wrong.

Yes, the patient is trapped in unhealthy habits of mind and behaviour. But the patient sincerely feels that he or she has no choice in the matter. That is what neurosis means.

Yes, the therapist has to challenge those thoughts and behaviours. But the therapist must also acknowledge that the patient is in pain. The patient usually feels, at least subconsciously, that she or he is "not good enough". I see a lot of blogs that heavily reinforce that bad message. The therapist finds lots of new inadequacies in the patient.

Made-up example: "You think the problem is X. The real problem is that you are selfish and immature."

Finally, I'm seeing a smug, "holier than thou" attitude in many of these blogs. Of course there is never anything wrong with the therapist. Oh, no, of course not.
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