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Dec 23, 2020, 04:44 PM
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Member Since: Dec 2020
Location: los angeles
Posts: 11
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Originally Posted by sarahsweets
IMO group therapy should almost never be for anyone in crisis, new to diagnosis, recently out of crisis and not having been stable for a good amount of time. A person with those needs should get their own time. The tendency for people with mental illness to caretake and make other people's problems their own is huge and hinders successful treatment. Also mental illness carries certain aspects of needing a lot of individual time but with an audience in a group setting. Forcing others to forgo their own needs while they monopolize the whole group. I think some therapists use it as a substitute for their own responsibilities basically steering the group and moderating it. The whole point of therapy is working with a professional. Not other unwell people. I think people who have been stable for a long time might benefit from support from their peers but even then people tend to become preachy, judgy and diagnosis or recommend too much. I am not saying it isnt helpful to anyone or that a person has never benefitted. But personally I almost never get behind group therapy.
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totally agree with this!
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