An alternative to the kind of psychotherapy practised by some of those quoted in the article in the WSJ is enunciated in one of the online comments, from Dr Michael DeMarco:
"There are lots of therapists who will gladly let you come to their office one (or 3- I'm looking at you, psychoanalysts) times a week to "blow off steam". The thing is, simply talking about every negative thing that has ever happened to you just keeps you stuck in that negative thinking. […] "So a therapist who is going to say "Uh huh, and how does that make you feel?" or "Uh huh, and how was your relationship with your mother", run the other way. But a therapist who is going to help you put you back in your driver's seat through active work in the therapy room (and hopefully in a non-judgmental and humorous way) to help you identify faulty thinking and challenge it to replace it with something more rational and less self-defeating will have you in and out of therapy before you can say Freud." Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ From: Michael Palij <m...@nyu.edu> Subject: What Would Carl Rogers Do? Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 17:48:14 -0400 I guess I need some feedback from the clinicians around here. There is an article on the Wall Street Journal website that describes what might be a new trend among certain "psychotherapists", namely, trying to cut down on the whining their clients/patients do. See: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304192704577404083592261456.html Is this "Just Stop Whining" movement new? I seem to remember that there were "tough love" approaches before in psychotherapy but people seem to like the whole "unconditional acceptance" approach, especially if they can afford weekly session themselves and their insurance doesn't limit them to manualized treatments. I would agree that there seems to be much more popular support for whining in the culture -- you can get your reality TV show if you're a good whiner -- but therapists declaring "no whining zones" seems a little extreme. WWCRD? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=17823 or send a blank email to leave-17823-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
