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 zmike92z
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 Should psychotherapy be allowed? 
#13963393 - 02/14/11 06:46 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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I'm very interested in learning more about psychotherapy and getting familiar with some of the controversy surrounding this topic. If anybody could offer their opinions or provide me with some general info regarding psychotherapy that would be great. I wouldn't mind a nice discussion/debate either  .
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Re: Should psychotherapy be allowed? [Re: zmike92z]
#13963442 - 02/14/11 06:52 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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ehhh im more in favor of the lobotomy
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Re: Should psychotherapy be allowed? [Re: zmike92z]
#13963633 - 02/14/11 07:15 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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That is a broad topic to get in to without going into a lot of detail. In short, psychotherapy gives people the knowledge to learn how to cope with problems they cannot fix on their own. Does it work for everybody? no. Personally, I have gone through a lot of therapy at times when I was young, but found nothing positive came from it! But that does not deter me from thinking that it's not helpful to people. It is EXTREMELY helpful to many people. Talking to someone about personal issues always helps. but There are many things people would not want to talk about with parents or friends... that's where a therapist would come in handy. But ask away! what do you want to know about it? do you want to know if its a scam? do you want to know whats involved in the actual therapy session? Narrow down the subject a little!
I gotta go, my show is on so Ill be back in an hour! I am not trying to pretend I am Dr, but I know a lot about this topic
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Re: Should psychotherapy be allowed? [Re: danlennon3]
#13963772 - 02/14/11 07:33 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Psychoanalysis is the more specific area of Psychology that is controversial. Mainly because it involves non falsifiable interpretations of the unconscious that can be manipulated or misinterpreted by the "expert".
It's lead quite a few people to believe things incorrectly or even remember events that never even actually occurred.
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Re: Should psychotherapy be allowed? [Re: LoveYourLife]
#13963886 - 02/14/11 07:44 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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I wouldn't say in psychoanalysis the expert is able to "manipulate" the unconscious.
Is there controversy about psychoanalysis? Please enlighten me...
I think it'd be easier to go talk to a therapist and find out for your self
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Re: Should psychotherapy be allowed? [Re: imagine]
#13963954 - 02/14/11 07:51 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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you guys just want psychotherapy to trip on acid
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Re: Should psychotherapy be allowed? [Re: Salomon]
#13964033 - 02/14/11 08:04 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
Salomon said:
you guys just want psychotherapy to trip on acid;)
I trip on acid because I want psychotherapy
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Re: Should psychotherapy be allowed? [Re: zmike92z]
#13964046 - 02/14/11 08:07 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Of course it should be allowed. Whether it is efficacious or not, whether it is harmful or not - it is an individual's right to choose psychotherapy.
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Re: Should psychotherapy be allowed? [Re: DieCommie]
#13964306 - 02/14/11 08:42 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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I think yes.
I do psychotherapy between 2-4 times a month.
Is it a scam? Who cares, my insurance pays for 98% of it.
Does it help? Hell yeah. For me personally it's a huge help. It's a place I go, talk about all my problems, issues, emotions without fear of being judged, or scaring friends/family.
I get great advice, and learned a lot of coping skills.
There's really only two places I can say "Last night, I thought their was an alien ship outside my window, the voices in my head said they were going to come in and get me when I go to sleep, so I stayed awake until I passed out unwillingly out of fear" without being sent to a psych ward, and that's here, and in a psycotherapy session.
My psycotherapy sessions are structured ( as I asked it to be that way )
The first 10 minutes we open up ( I share any psycosis episodes I had i.e - the alien thing )
the next 20 minutes we talk about how it effected me, and why.
the next 10 minutes we talk about coping skills
and the last 10-20 minutes we talk about any other problems I'm having ( relationship, family, mood, etc )
It's a huge help.
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Re: Should psychotherapy be allowed? [Re: imagine]
#13964624 - 02/14/11 09:21 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
imagine said:
I wouldn't say in psychoanalysis the expert is able to "manipulate" the unconscious.
Is there controversy about psychoanalysis? Please enlighten me...
I think it'd be easier to go talk to a therapist and find out for your self
You must not have studied very far into Psychoanalysis, because suggestion (generally from a whack Psychologist or Psychiatrist) has caused quite a few people to believe they have had experiences that were misconstructed or incorrectly interpreted. Look into Dissociative Identity Disorder and the controversy regarding whether some of these cases (although rare and usually limited to people susceptible to suggestion) were actually imposed on the patient.
Suggestion is very powerful especially regarding unconscious information. Psychoanalysis is highly theoretical in comparison to a lot of other areas of Psychology but I definitely believe it should be legal and can be useful to some degree.
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