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Originally Posted by stopdog
I don't think it must - I think it is a phrase used to more justify how therapy is just stab and guess on the part of therapists and it deflects the blame from their bumbling when it happens than to explain how the getting worse is beneficial to the client. Perhaps not always, I am certain someone can come up with an exception, I just believe often.
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In a class of mine we recently went over research on effective therapy. There aren't many, but studies do show that when therapy works, clients tend to improve sooner than later. So with this in mind, the theory that things must get worse before they get better may just be a way to explain away therapy that simply isn't working.