A belated response to Joan Warmbold's 12 October post (see below): >I think most people tend to think of talk therapy as referring >to the more traditional psychoanalytic and/or client-centered >therapy involving non-directive exploration of feelings and thoughts.
I agree that in common parlance this is what is understood by "talk therapy", and that the NYT's article title "Talk Therapy Lifts Severe Schizophrenics" may be misleading for many people. On the other hand, I imagine that GPs and psychiatrists regard CBT as a form of talk therapy, as against drug treatments. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London [email protected] http://www.esterson.org ----------------------------------------- From: Joan Warmbold <[email protected]> Subject: What is "talk" therapy? Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:16:27 -0500 In a recent NYT's there was an article titled, "Talk Therapy Lifts Severe Schizophrenics." Upon reading the article based on research from the University of Pennsylvania, the therapy is clearly cognitive-behavioral where the clients are directly encouraged to modify their thoughts and their behaviors in small approximations. To me, this is not what most people consider to be "talk" therapy and I wrote a short email to the reporter to that effect. He was not particularly appreciative and simply stated that his way of labeling the therapy discussed in his article was generally the approved approach. I have provided access to the article below and would appreciate other folks perspective on the appropriateness of referring to cognitive-behavioral therapy as talk therapy. As I said to the reporter, I think most people tend to think of talk therapy as referring to the more traditional psychoanalytic and/or client-centered therapy involving non-directive exploration of feelings and thoughts. But maybe I'm in the minority here. . . .? http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/04/health/research/04schiz.html?scp=1&sq=talk%20therapy%20helps%20those%20with%20schizophrenia&st=cse Joan [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=13410 or send a blank email to leave-13410-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
