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Originally Posted by BudFox
Agree, such absolutes are not helpful. But there are some posters who've had enough experience with the system to begin to form some legitimate generalizations or suppositions.
For example, of the 15 or so therapists I've had face to face contact with, I was impressed with maybe 2, and the rest were either mediocre or not very good, and 1 did real and lasting damage. I would feel confident generalizing to some extent based on this.
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My explorations are less about individual therapists than many foundational assumptions in therapy. I found harm in what is marketed as curative. I've read literature with which I strongly disagree and find little about those adversely effected by therapy. This is despite research that my segment represents a significant percentage of therapy consumers. I learned with dismay that all my treatments were speculative and eventually fell out of favor.
Since a many come to PC to question their treatment or discuss harm, I hope that there also is room to ask broader questions about treatment.
This has nothing to do with impugning someone's character or honesty. I believe the therapists who sold me poor interventions did so in adherence to their training and with the best of intentions.