Interesting Psychotherapy Articles

08:46 PM

Therapist professor conclusion:

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Also had a convo with one of my professors today about this. As 4th years we supervise 1st years to get our feet wet in supervision so I asked him for advice regarding mine...

His email was long but informative, ending with ‘unfortunately, much of the treatment provided by our field is almost universally ineffective and inappropriate but not unethical to the point where it warrants serious action.’ To that I responded something to the effect of... k? So what do you suggest we do? And is there any hope?

New therapist & malpractice fears : psychotherapy

Outcomes not relevant. Just sad.

I wish sonebody would teach them about the harm they can cause but no mention of that.

Why don't they teach this in the class?

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In my personal experience, although I know it happens, I've never personally known another therapist to be sued for malpractice.

So long as you're not having romantic relationships with your clients (biggest reason for loss of licensure), hanging out with your clients outside of the therapy setting, failing to hospitalize when they overtly tell you they're going to kill themselves, and making sure you refer to the appropriate levels of care when necessary, you really aren't at much risk.

Even though just about everyone else said it, I don't think it can be said enough. Write good, comprehensive notes for sessions. Document phone calls and contact outside of therapy sessions. Documentation is probably the worst part of our jobs but it's what keeps us protected.

TrailRunner14 · Oct 16, 2018, 09:36 PM

This is a great article on the effects of unstable environments damaging the DNA.

Exposure To Stress As A Child Can Permanently Affect Your DNA | IFLScience

I’ve become very interested in epigenetics and looking for ways to heal the damage.

here today · Oct 17, 2018, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by guileless

Therapist professor conclusion:

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Also had a convo with one of my professors today about this. As 4th years we supervise 1st years to get our feet wet in supervision so I asked him for advice regarding mine...

His email was long but informative, ending with ‘unfortunately, much of the treatment provided by our field is almost universally ineffective and inappropriate but not unethical to the point where it warrants serious action.’ To that I responded something to the effect of... k? So what do you suggest we do? And is there any hope?

New therapist & malpractice fears : psychotherapy

Outcomes not relevant. Just sad.

I wish sonebody would teach them about the harm they can cause but no mention of that.

Why don't they teach this in the class?

Not "unethical" because they are the ones making up the "ethics" rules!! First, do not harm -- where is that in their "ethics"?

Echos Myron redux · Nov 07, 2018, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by awkwardlyyours

London's famous 'therapy book-store'

I went there

stopdog · Nov 26, 2018, 03:57 PM

Annoying millennial therapist:
Reflections from a Millennial Therapist

velcro003 · Nov 26, 2018, 09:53 PM

An interesting look on trying to save more clients/patients from suicide.

The Best Way To Save People From Suicide - The Huffington Post

Jan 03, 2019, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by songofthesea

Brunch recipes for when your therapist is on vacation

THAT was hilarious!

LabRat27 · Jan 06, 2019, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by TrailRunner14

This is a great article on the effects of unstable environments damaging the DNA.

Exposure To Stress As A Child Can Permanently Affect Your DNA | IFLScience

I’ve become very interested in epigenetics and looking for ways to heal the damage.

I don't know how much reading you've done already or how much science background you have, but if you have any questions about the subject or interpreting the info out there feel free to ask and I might be able to help. Epigenetics is a pretty hot topic right now, so there's quite a bit of misleading "pop science" and sensationalist nonsense going around, but there's also a lot of really good and interesting/exciting high quality work being done.

missbella · Jan 07, 2019, 05:25 PM

Manufacturing Victims, a skeptical book about psychotherapy, is out of print, so author Tana Dineen now offers it free online.

http://tanadineen.com/documents/MV3.pdf

nushi · Jan 09, 2019, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by missbella

Manufacturing Victims, a skeptical book about psychotherapy, is out of print, so author Tana Dineen now offers it free online.

http://tanadineen.com/documents/MV3.pdf

i feel like the cosmos has made you send this book specifically for me at this spacetime of my life where/when i'm already deeply reflecting about this for myself & the world!!!

missbella · Jan 09, 2019, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by nushi

i feel like the cosmos has made you send this book specifically for me at this spacetime of my life where/when i'm already deeply reflecting about this for myself & the world!!!

Dineen has some other writings around the web as well as on her website. She has been the right messager for me too.

missbella · Jan 10, 2019, 07:09 PM

I recently posted an extensive list of links and resources around harmful therapy, psych skepticism, power issues, research critiques and related topics.

Links and resources | Disequilibrium1's Blog

LonesomeTonight · Jan 15, 2019, 08:54 AM

Interesting article I happened upon about physical countertransference symptoms in therapists

Jan 19, 2019, 12:19 AM

As a parent of a young man, the opinions expressed by the author are spot on. What is the APA thinking?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/ampht...thats-problem/

here today · Jan 26, 2019, 10:07 PM

An interesting interview in Mad In America:

Towards Resilience and Possibilities and Away from Diseases and Symptoms - Mad In America

and the even more interesting article the interview is based on:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/...1002/wps.20609

Jan 27, 2019, 09:55 AM

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Interesting article I happened upon about physical countertransference symptoms in therapists

Great find

Jan 27, 2019, 10:20 AM

Just realized that although I post things below, I'm not posting articles here, so I'll add some from time to time.

This is a practical explanation of DID by David Spiegel, MD:

Coming Apart: Trauma and the Fragmentation of Self

I think it also speaks to trauma in general since DID is just one extreme on the spectrum of trauma effects.

TrailRunner14 · Jan 27, 2019, 12:51 PM

I found this and it really shifted my thinking of trauma and denial.

Here’s the link and 2 pieces from the article that really spoke to me.

The Denial of Trauma

The psychological definition of trauma is “damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a distressing event or an overwhelming amount of stress that exceeds the ability of the individual to cope and integrate the emotions involved.” This definition often gets simplified into the dictionary definition of “a deeply disturbing or distressing event,” which is where we all get a little lost. It’s very easy to understand trauma as something horrific, like war, or mass violence, or a natural disaster. It’s the “exceeding ability to cope and integrate emotions” section that gets lost on us.

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We need to get rid of the view that trauma is an action (an event). The more psychology tells us about trauma, the more it becomes clear that trauma is a reaction. Most importantly, it is an individual reaction.

Feb 06, 2019, 03:41 AM

The Four Most Dangerous Words? A New Study Shows

Feb 06, 2019, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by octoberful

The Four Most Dangerous Words? A New Study Shows

"The incentive system in science and research is broken" --based on my weight I knew the claim that eating chocolate makes you skinny had to be false but yet I wanted to believe it. So much clickbait on the internet.

here today · Feb 06, 2019, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by TrailRunner14

I found this and it really shifted my thinking of trauma and denial.

Here’s the link and 2 pieces from the article that really spoke to me.

The Denial of Trauma

The psychological definition of trauma is “damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a distressing event or an overwhelming amount of stress that exceeds the ability of the individual to cope and integrate the emotions involved.” This definition often gets simplified into the dictionary definition of “a deeply disturbing or distressing event,” which is where we all get a little lost. It’s very easy to understand trauma as something horrific, like war, or mass violence, or a natural disaster. It’s the “exceeding ability to cope and integrate emotions” section that gets lost on us.

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We need to get rid of the view that trauma is an action (an event). The more psychology tells us about trauma, the more it becomes clear that trauma is a reaction. Most importantly, it is an individual reaction.

Very, very exceedingly helpful.

stopdog · Feb 12, 2019, 11:04 AM

How they mess with clients:
Belief may not move mountains but it can certainly produce a powerful psychological, and sometimes even physical, cure. It's been found that believing whether an antidepressant will work for you is the most important aspect of whether it will or not!(1)
And more research found that depression is essentially made up of negative expectations about the future.(2)
Therapists of all flavours should, I think, be expert in subtly garnering, building and focusing the hope of their clients and in this week's Clear Thinking 'How To Help Your Clients Believe They WILL Get Better' I will give you three strategies to do just that.
Here's to the future,
Mark
http://www.ebiomedicine.com/article/...385-7/fulltext
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...12087/abstract