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Originally Posted by divine1966
Some do and some don’t. I am not sure how to calculate “most”. Depends why someone is in therapy too.
Sometimes one just need neutral person to talk to. Some people find bereavement therapy very helpful. When my daughter unexpectedly lost her husband she saw specifically bereavement therapist. She swore by it. I found my therapist unhelpful with grief and bereavement but she is very good with other things.
Some people like group therapy. Not me. I have zero interest and absolutely no time for sitting listening to other people’s Issues.
So there is no cookie cutter approach. People who had bad experience or unrealistic expectation of therapy will tell you how all therapy is bad and all therapists are crooks. Words like “All, never, always” don’t appeal to me and “most” is impossible to calculate as it would be really hard to collect statistical data like this
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Group therapy is good for the therapist billing hours,not so much for the patient ,people need individualized therapy targeting what issues they are actually confronting ,in order to overcome it ,big break throughs don't happen in group dynamics ,sure everyone gets the warm fuzzy feeling " i am not alone" ,until they realize crap i am alone ,because even someone who is also grieving ,may not be stuck on the same concept or stage ,so really in my opinion ,group doesnt allow a person to drill down on there exact issue (yes i realize most people dont exactly know whats bothering them in the beginning ) but i have never seen anyone have spontaneous break throughs sitting in groups BS ing about a topic ,once or twice the comadrie of the experience is helpfull and making friends with other people also struggling ,and you make mutually understanding social groups ( I don't care if your trying to be socially isolated, your going to suffer thru this movie with us ,and help eat these milk duds and popcorn tonight ,you can withdraw again tommorow ,is sometimes great at protecting everybodys mental health,and only something another patient can "shame you into" ,take one for the team tonight ,see a movie, have coffee,break up the day to day blahs ,have a gripe session, the enegy and momentum of others not as depressed can be helpfull ).