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Consider that a lot of the positive effect of psychotherapy is related to the patient being listened to by another human being. Presence and attention.
by andrei_says_ 7y ago
Consider that a lot of the positive effect of psychotherapy is related to the patient being listened to by another human being. Presence and attention.
- sjg007 7y agoWell a good therapist also gives you tools to help you manage and cope.
- ncmncm 7y agoGood therapists offer what seem like obvious suggestions for practical accommodations that patients could have thought of if they were not impaired and distracted. Sometimes this amounts to just contradicting a thing the patient has always believed, without reason. "When you can't get it together to make dinner, you can get the same nutrition from the separate ingredients" has been a revelation to many.