I found this extremely helpful. I’d known the world of therapy was complex but I had nothing like a broad map of it.
After staring at your chart for a minute I noticed that there are some modalities I’m able to do well for myself, and others that I’m not. When people claim they wouldn’t benefit from “therapy,” they’re likely thinking of one or two modalities (and are likely correct), but may not be aware of the others.
Yes, I think a big part of what ends up happening when people have bad experiences with therapy is that they imagine that the therapist they had, or the type of therapy that therapist practiced, is representative of all therapy. This may actually be true in some parts of the world, but in countries like the US there is a huge variety in both modalities and therapeutic “personalities” so to speak.
I found this extremely helpful. I’d known the world of therapy was complex but I had nothing like a broad map of it.
After staring at your chart for a minute I noticed that there are some modalities I’m able to do well for myself, and others that I’m not. When people claim they wouldn’t benefit from “therapy,” they’re likely thinking of one or two modalities (and are likely correct), but may not be aware of the others.
Yes, I think a big part of what ends up happening when people have bad experiences with therapy is that they imagine that the therapist they had, or the type of therapy that therapist practiced, is representative of all therapy. This may actually be true in some parts of the world, but in countries like the US there is a huge variety in both modalities and therapeutic “personalities” so to speak.