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Originally Posted by BudFox
I think the "therapy is not for everyone" notion is often used as a convenient rationalization for negative outcomes. It's a way to blame the client without blaming the client. And it's usually packaged with suggestions about the client not working hard enough, or trusting enough, or believing.
I'm with the OP -- training in psych and behavioral theory does not automatically translate to anything of value clinically or to any sort of ability to help another human being. And yet the profession depends on this conflation to sell it's product.
Like Misbella, it was only after diving in to some of the literature and online content that I could see any of this.
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I admit to being confused by this post, Budfox. At one point on the board, many of the people who talked positively about their therapy experience and encouraged people to seek out therapy or "try" a new therapist if things were going south were told that they were lumping everyone into the same category--"Therapy works! You just need to work harder or find the right therapist". People adjusted, they grew through threads about the harm of therapy to recognize that therapy really isn't helpful to many people and could actually be hurtful. People GREW; they readjusted their thoughts on the value or lack of value therapy can be to others. In other words, people grew to accept and recognize that therapy really and truly isn't the end all to be all to everyone. I do not see how saying, "Therapy is not for everyone." is a slam against anyone. I think it's progress. People are realizing that therapy isn't an undertaking that is valuable or helpful to all people, and often it's actually damaging.