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My experience of Hollywood therapy is that it’s nothing like that, and in fact tends to be either highly confrontational, or involves magical insights from the
by toufiqbarhamov 8y ago
My experience of Hollywood therapy is that it’s nothing like that, and in fact tends to be either highly confrontational, or involves magical insights from the therapist which have an almost immediate effect, and are invariably accepted with little resistance. The reality that therapy is mostly one person talking while another listens, nudging them make their own insights and helping people process difficult emotions and experiences.
Of course that’s not the whole practice of psychology or psychiatry, but it is most of what “therapy” (i.e. talk therapy) is.
- Retric 8y agoThe Hollywood part is focusing on the conversation. Journaling for example is a common technique that’s part of therapy and outside of what you’re describing. Talking without actions outside of therapy is mostly an expensive hobby. And those nudges are critical for people to actually have direction as to how to attempt to make change. You do bring up the other issue I have with Hollywood therapy. Therapists don’t need deep incite into how you think to come up with some unique solution tailored to you. It’s more like a dentist convincing you that you really do need to both brush your teeth and floss. Rather than a doctor giving you some antibiotics for a week and everything is fine again. PS: Though this is from the CBT side of things.