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Originally Posted by AliceKate
Pharmacology isn't well founded either, as I understand it. That being said, I myself am taking Lexapro, just to see if maybe it helps. So far, it may have, hard to say what is the effect of the drug vs the effect of it being sunny again etc.
Psychobabble seems a bit strong of a word though. I mean, every science and half-science and none-science out there comes up with their own words. There's a well-founded reason for that. It's simply so experts in that field can talk to each other without having to first arrive at the definition of a concept. Experts that came historically before them have already done that, so that the new generation can now use the words with a large confident in the other person using it the same way.
But maybe I'm missing the point. So yeah, therapy is 2 people talking. If it's helpful or not really depends on the 2 people. I think one of them being trained can be helpful, but as with all things, training can only give you tools, the question is how you use them. Right?
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I don't know how OP or others meant their posts, but psychobabble usually refers to the terminology "soup" from unproven theories.
As far as psychology being a science or half-science only... Well psychology on the whole is currently made up of very..... different, even disparate approaches. Some of it more scientific understanding or evidence based practices, and some of it being....well, far from evidence based or even working at all, to say the least.
But again it's a new science. So we've got to be patient with understanding how the psyche and human beings work with all that complexity. We still have a long way to go.
And right.....even if the tools are fitting the problem, you've still got to be able to use them right, in an effective and efficient way.