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Originally Posted by stopdog
In a book by Ann France describing her therapy experience (Consuming Psychotherapy) she makes the following statements: “I am now not at all sure that vulnerable people should be exposed to psychotherapy. This implies that … most of those who need it may not be sufficiently resilient to benefit from it, given the strain it actually causes … psychotherapy … can be harmful, without there being any very clear way of knowing in advance whether this will happen … It can merely be the replay of past traumata … which leads to nothing …”.
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i agree...this absolutely was my experince of therapy...overall therapy felt like a complete replay and repeat of my early childhood traumas and i was going no where with it except in circles...felt like i was always chasing my tail. i often left sessions in a state of being triggered. it wasn't until i calmed my underlying anxieties and dysregulation that i was able to get any gains from therapy. i chose to try neurofeedback to calm my anxieties, and it was quite successful for me. once i calmed my emotional dysregulation i could start to really focus and find a benefit from doing therapy (psychodynamic). 15 months after starting NFB, i was 'healthy enough' to terminate with my T of almost 6 years. i feel pretty damn good and content with life now and have no desire to ever to return to therapy.