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Old Jun 22, 2014, 07:36 PM
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Well like mine was trained In cbt for psychosis in Europe but came here for her doctorate....she was very upbeat and truly believed people could get better...many american T's still believe it's something lifelong so they just give you coping skills rather than techniques to actively combat voices etc. totally different approach and when people believe you can get better it's much easier to actually do...
That's great! Very different than my experience with therapy. All the therapists I've seen, if I brought up psychosis at all they'd just say, "get a med adjustment." They never engaged with me at all.

And they sure as hell can't treat personality disorders... but that's another topic entirely.
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