In the popular press, at least, the term is usually used in apposition to drug therapy.
On Oct 14, 2011, at 1:50 AM, Allen Esterson wrote: > 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=13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a64900b&n=T&l=tips&o=13410 > or send a blank email to > leave-13410-13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a649...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- 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=13415 or send a blank email to leave-13415-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
