OK I'll put my own stark view on 'effective' therapies--i.e., most don't accomplish much more than making the person feel understood and supported. That's not a bad thing except I feel client-centered therapy makes the major mistake of not encouraging the client to take responsibility for their own behaviors. And my issue with psychoanalytic therapy is the assumption that the issue/problem can be resolved by objectively viewing childhood traumas. My mother-in-law was depressed after the death of her second husband and went to a psychoanalytic therapist. She stopped after six months when she finally realized that she was consistently most depressed immediately following her therapy sessions.
My husband and I went to a very traditional CC therapist and it was a total waste of our money. It was the behavioral therapist who encouraged us to make behavioral and cognitive changes in our marriage, gave us homework assignments and provided us with genuine hope that we actually might make it. Before that, my husband attended a men's support group lead by a Rogerian type of guy and it became very clear that the goal of the group was to encourage personal growth with minimal concern for the feelings for and responsibilities to their partner. If we had gone the way of the recommendations of his "support group," he would have continued with his affair (great sex!) and would have left my 5 year old son and I to deal with the consequences on our own. I still feel consider anger toward this group--called "The Men's Room" in Evanston Illinois. Joan Joan Warmbold Boggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc t > All therapies originating from California,especially those focused on > taking on taking off one's clothes. > > Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy ( see Hans Eysenck) > > Michael Sylvester,PhD > Daytona Beach,Florida > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
