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Originally Posted by atisketatasket
- they're eight sessions in. We as clients are told therapy takes time, a long time, keep coming back! But a therapist can give up on a client two months in?
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The T here is described as practicing CBT, which is supposed to be a short-term therapy focused on improving present coping techniques. The client sounds like she's very troubled and isn't really engaging with CBT. It's sort of like he's prescribing exercise for cancer. It's not going to work and he knows it.
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- it would have been a much more effective article had Jessica's viewpoint been included more, or if we learned what happened to her (and she's okay). But it is all about the doctor and the reassurance provided him by the ethics board. Which kind of suggests that to the APA establishment it is not about the client - it is about protecting the profession.
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Of course the APA is about protecting the psychologist. It's a professional organization for psychologists. The article might have been more effective for you if it were about the client, but it's written about by, for, and about psychologists, not for clients.