MainerMikeBrown
06-13-2015, 06:04 PM
Many people who suffer from mental illness find psychotherapy to be quite helpful. They find that psychotherapy gives them a new perspective and a new lease on life.
But then their are others that go into therapy who don't find therapy to be as useful.
So why?
One reason is that some people never give therapy a chance. They have a bad attitude about it and say, "Therapy is a load of hogwash" and they never really give it a chance.
Another reason is that often therapists will tell a person that parts of their belief system is wrong and irrational. Nobody likes to be told that they're wrong. So their can be a lot of resistance on the part of the individual who is in therapy as a result.
And yet another reason why therapy sometimes doesn't work is that if a person is depressed because he or she has been abused their whole lives and the therapist tells him or her, "You're a good person," that individual isn't going to believe that.
Their are many causes as to why therapy doesn't help everyone. And I feel that it's important for everyone to know why this is.
But then their are others that go into therapy who don't find therapy to be as useful.
So why?
One reason is that some people never give therapy a chance. They have a bad attitude about it and say, "Therapy is a load of hogwash" and they never really give it a chance.
Another reason is that often therapists will tell a person that parts of their belief system is wrong and irrational. Nobody likes to be told that they're wrong. So their can be a lot of resistance on the part of the individual who is in therapy as a result.
And yet another reason why therapy sometimes doesn't work is that if a person is depressed because he or she has been abused their whole lives and the therapist tells him or her, "You're a good person," that individual isn't going to believe that.
Their are many causes as to why therapy doesn't help everyone. And I feel that it's important for everyone to know why this is.