Comments on: 7 Challenges of Psychotherapy

By: Mft

Mft — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 05:59:33 +0000

great article overall. I am a therapist. I do both individual and groups, and also run groups on choosing a therapist…ask questions! Including if you are struggling with something specific like eating disorders or chronic illness…what is their experience?

Just a side note though. There have now been studies though… And for individual therapy studied show 50 to 60 min sessions accomplish the same amount as you would in longer seasons..

Of course these are subjective, and I an sure if you found someone who really wanted to price the opposite, you might be able tho find that person. Often family, couples, group, and arty therapies are a bit longer….

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By: Kimberly Moffit

Kimberly Moffit — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:34:10 +0000

I agree with the idea that 1 session might be all a person needs… Sometimes clients just need one session to vent, and that’s it. Thanks for a great article!

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By: Samuel Lopez De Victoria, Ph.D.

Samuel Lopez De Victoria, Ph.D. — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:35:20 +0000

I love that last point: “Therapists can be just as crazy as any of their clients”

I totally agree. I’ve had many patients tell me about nightmarish relationships with their therapists in terms of how they were disrespectfully treated, how their therapists projected on the patient their own issues, etc.

I’m not saying that I’m beyond my own dysfunctions but I do agree that every clinician has “crap” of their own. Sometimes it seeps through in a therapy session. That’s unfortunate.

Samuel Lopez De Victoria, Ph.D.
http://www.DrSam.tv

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10 Myths of Mental Illness - World of Psychology — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:08:47 +0000

[...] This is a thought that goes through many people’s head, whether they’re just starting therapy for the first time or they’ve been in therapy for years. The psychotherapy relationship is an odd one, not quite replicated anywhere else in society. It is a professional relationship that will be emotionally intimate, a characteristic most people don’t have much experience with. [...]

By: Dawn pugh

Dawn pugh — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:24:08 +0000

I once read that 40% of clients do not attend their second session.This could mean that they recieved some insight from the first session or they decided not to continue for whatever reason. Some may want collusion and we all know that this is not very helpful. They may be frightened of challenge,so tend to stay safe. Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.
Regards
Dawn pugh
http://www.dawnpugh.com

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By: Susan Blackburn, M.A.

Susan Blackburn, M.A. — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:51:19 +0000

Thank you for this excellent article, John. It’s very insightful and well-written.

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By: Max

Max — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:57:32 +0000

Excellent article. Very good point about how many clients waste their time with therapists who they don’t click with, when they should be changing therapists.

I don’t know why so many clients are scared to change, even when it isn’t working.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:54:50 +0000

My brother was voted “Therapist-of-the Year” in the hospital where he works. He and one other shrink were chosen by that hospital to come to NY and do grief counseling in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. (They came home a 5 AM, crashed on my living room floor, and looked devastated, night after night.)

He also has a successful private practice and I just know there are patients suffering the agonies of transference for him. And for what? He’s a walking fruitcake.

I’ve been a patient, have idolized my doctors (sometimes) but see the other side because of my brother. He called a while back to wish me a happy birthday and then said, “Gotta go. Got group therapy with a room full of nut jobs down the hall — ugh!”

How many of my therapists have said the same thing about me? I cringe to think.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:29:38 +0000

I wish that I had read this article when I started therapy, it would have saved me a tremendous amount of emotional pain. My first therapist bullied me, and when I finally terminated treatment, I found myself suicidally depressed with no back up. Fortunately, my new therapist has been a life saver.