Well, Dasha, I am a therapist and I do exactly that… I never try to keep someone in therapy to pad my pockets. I have a strengths perspective “you are stronger than you think, life has its challenges and let’s figure out how to meet them” approach. I am the child of a Holocaust survivor who spoke about her experiences, shared them with a…
Well, Dasha, I am a therapist and I do exactly that… I never try to keep someone in therapy to pad my pockets. I have a strengths perspective “you are stronger than you think, life has its challenges and let’s figure out how to meet them” approach. I am the child of a Holocaust survivor who spoke about her experiences, shared them with audiences all over the world, and wrote numerous bestselling books about her life. My life lesson has been one of perseverance and resilience, and this is exactly what I attempt to impart to my children and, yes, my patients.
We are not all of the “what went wrong this week “ variety. Some of us employ the “what went right and what did you do to help that happen so that you can do it again “ method.
Soon enough, I’m able to say to many, “you’re doing great, I think you’re ready to do it on your own. I’m always here if you need me “. We part ways, both of us feeling great about the work done together.
I’m sure you’re a great therapist and your patients feel you do a lot for them. My opinion is a dissenting and unpopular one - my feeling is that our current population is the most over-therapized, over-medicated of any in all of history or space. There’s every manner of therapy from online to in person to group to insurance covered to private to FaceTime. It’s every where you look. And yet people are diagnosed with more “anxiety” and “depression” than at any point in history. And I believe that therapy is part of the problem, not the solution. Training resilience in yourself is not easy or pleasant - if it were, it would be called therapy. The cure is not working.
Well, Dasha, I am a therapist and I do exactly that… I never try to keep someone in therapy to pad my pockets. I have a strengths perspective “you are stronger than you think, life has its challenges and let’s figure out how to meet them” approach. I am the child of a Holocaust survivor who spoke about her experiences, shared them with audiences all over the world, and wrote numerous bestselling books about her life. My life lesson has been one of perseverance and resilience, and this is exactly what I attempt to impart to my children and, yes, my patients.
We are not all of the “what went wrong this week “ variety. Some of us employ the “what went right and what did you do to help that happen so that you can do it again “ method.
Soon enough, I’m able to say to many, “you’re doing great, I think you’re ready to do it on your own. I’m always here if you need me “. We part ways, both of us feeling great about the work done together.
I’m sure you’re a great therapist and your patients feel you do a lot for them. My opinion is a dissenting and unpopular one - my feeling is that our current population is the most over-therapized, over-medicated of any in all of history or space. There’s every manner of therapy from online to in person to group to insurance covered to private to FaceTime. It’s every where you look. And yet people are diagnosed with more “anxiety” and “depression” than at any point in history. And I believe that therapy is part of the problem, not the solution. Training resilience in yourself is not easy or pleasant - if it were, it would be called therapy. The cure is not working.