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This sounds like variations on cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness in the best possible way. There are many mental illnesses that are curable in this w
by kayodelycaon 5y ago
This sounds like variations on cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness in the best possible way. There are many mental illnesses that are curable in this way.
And you’re exactly right this exists but it isn’t a fringe method without strong and clear evidence. It’s just not the common approach.
The key is finding good mental health professionals such as psychiatrists who specialize in holistic treatment or therapists who explicitly works on teaching therapy techniques.
Unfortunately, people don’t know enough about mental health to know this an option or they aren’t willing to put in the work necessary. Changing your thinking is a long, slow process.
- mansoon 5y agoCognitive behavioral therapy by unskilled practitioners is a form of torture. The ethics are contextual. The manualized protocol is insufficient.
- mansoon 5y agoThe topmost comment in this tree is describing something I agree to as ethical.
- kayodelycaon 5y agoIt is possible to learn it from a book on your own. I recommend The Feeling Good Handbook by David D. Burns. https://www.amazon.com/Feeling-Good-Handbook-David-Burns/dp/0452281326 https://www.amazon.com/Feeling-Good-Handbook-David-Burns/dp/... This is the book my therapist had me read as part of my “homework” between sessions. While this is completely anecdotal, it’s helped a number of people I’ve recommended it to and they have recommended it to others, who also have been helped. Learning what emotions are, what they mean, and how to recognize them is empowering.
- 0xcde4c3db 5y ago> The key is finding good mental health professionals Unfortunately, the odds of actually doing this aren't great in my experience. The field seems to be packed with people who are only qualified on paper and have no idea how to actually help people, and it's hard to screen them without going through their intake process first.
- ratsmack 5y agoWith today's industrialized medicine, this is becoming a bigger problem across the entire medical system.
- kayodelycaon 5y agoI know. It’s often difficult to find anyone at all.
- p1esk 5y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30398529 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30398529 I’m not associated with them, just saw it earlier today on HN.