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Old Sep 15, 2018, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by stopdog View Post
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Hi S,

When I hear about clients who are struggling to make a breakthrough . . .

. . . I always think about words that have stuck with me since grad school.

They used to say that in therapy, about a third of people get better, a third stay the same, and a third get worse."
Ruth
Ruth M. Buczynski, PhD
President and Licensed Psychologist
The National Institute for the Clinical
Application of Behavioral Medicine
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Yes I have heard the same thing.
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