..concludes psychologist Oliver James:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-term-solution-says-leading-psychologist.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-term-solution-says-leading-psychologist.html
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Unfortunately, shiny services tend not to last. CBT fails to address the root cause of many people’s problems, which often stem from traumatic experiences during their childhood.
He and other psychotherapists are calling on the Government and policymakers to refocus funding into alternative talking treatments, such as psychodynamic therapy, which focus on addressing the root cause of people’s cognitive problems.
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He and other psychotherapists are calling on the Government and policymakers to refocus funding into alternative talking treatments, such as psychodynamic therapy, which focus on addressing the root cause of people’s cognitive problems.
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Oliver James argues research shows it does not have a lasting benefit
After 5 to 20 sessions those with anxiety or depression appear to recover
2 years later they are no different to those who had no treatment, he said
Says proponents have mis-sold CBT to the Government and policymakers
Very good pointIn other words, the government should fund my brand of quackery instead of my rival's brand of quackery.
The alternative he's pushing for sounds even more awful to me.
The phallus is one of the three elements in the imaginary triangle that constitutes the preoedipal phase. It is an imaginary object which circulates between the other two elements, the mother and the child.[1] The mother desires this object and the child seeks to satisfy her desire by identifying with the phallus or with the phallic mother. In the Oedipus complex the father intervenes as a fourth term in this imaginary triangle by castrating the child; that is, he makes it impossible for the child to identify with the imaginary phallus. The child is then faced with the choice of accepting his castration (accepting that he cannot be the mother's phallus) or rejecting it.
As we saw above, the child slowly comes to realise that it is not identical to, or the sole object of, the mother's desire, as her desire is directed elsewhere. He/she will therefore attempt to once again become the object of her desire and return to the initial state of blissful union. The simple dyadic relationship between the mother and child is thus turned into a triangular relationship between the child, the mother and the object of her desire. The child attempts to seduce the mother by becoming that object of desire. Lacan calls this third term the imaginary phallus. The imaginary phallus is what the child assumes someone must have in order for them to be the object of the mother's desire and, as her desire is usually directed towards the father, it is assumed that he possesses the phallus. Through trying to satisfy the mother's desire, the child identifies with the object that it presumes she has lost and attempts to become that object for her. The phallus is imaginary in the sense that it is associated in the child's mind with an actual object that has been lost and can be recovered.
Most of psychoanalytic therapy revolves around the person's handling of the Oedipus complex, the problems "rooted in childhood", as the unconscious conflicts created during this childhood phase is "perpetuated" in later relationships. It is insane nonsense.
One can define quackery as knowingly selling a patient a cure that doesn't work.
What's interesting about the way CBT is used in the UK is that the cheap fix is getting ever cheaper, with increasing 'evidence' that computer-based CBT courses are effective for anxiety and depression. Surely the only really beneficial thing about talking therapy is the patient can believe that they're talking to someone who cares?I can't imagine that anyone with depression is going to feel any better if they feel that their condition is so irrelevant to their doctor that their treatment can be outsourced to a computer.
I often worry that one day CBT will be scrapped though because it will most probably be replaced by something even more unhelpful and potentially dangerous for us
One of the reasons I think its mostly a scam is that success rates tend to be similar across modalities. It seems to me that just having someone who cares, who can help a patient sort out some troubles, is what makes the difference. The psychoanalytic mumbo-jumbo is just a layer on top of that, a justification, and that is the part that is a scam.
I have to agree with justy that therapy are not scams. A scam is knowingly taking someone for a ride, just to get their money. I believe the vast majority of practitioners care about their patients, and believe in the therapy they're doing. Whether the therapy is effective or not is irrelevant in this context. It might become a scam in a governmental context, if legislators knowingly push modalities that they know are not working, though.One of the reasons I think its mostly a scam is that success rates tend to be similar across modalities. It seems to me that just having someone who cares, who can help a patient sort out some troubles, is what makes the difference. The psychoanalytic mumbo-jumbo is just a layer on top of that, a justification, and that is the part that is a scam.
Although I've never been officially diagnosed, pretty damn sure I've got PTSD, not surprising really
As little kid, terrified, hoping lock Mum put on my door will keep the "monster" out and he smashed it down, twice, took the door right off the hinges once.....
yer at school and an actual psychopathic lad who was at the same school pulls a knife on you demanding yer pocket money or he'll stab you (first time I ever "banjoed" someone, smashed his nose flat, years later he got 8 years in jail for incredibly brutal attempted murder of a pal of mine)
etc etc
only things that every helped that were chilling, sitting by a river with my dog and/or fishing rod or the wandering over the hills or along the rivers, or painting, stuff like that.
This is the basis for my comment about experienced honest counselors. Does the therapy modality really matter if the therapist is really trying to help?He says that studies have shown over and over again that the most important factor affecting outcomes for the client/patient is their relationship with their therapist.
Most therapists know that therapy is not easy and that there are no quick fixes. I guess there are therapists out there who claim they can "cure" just about anything with therapy, and this is of course problematic.Most psychotherapists know that therapy is problematic. They know the theories are unproven, and many disproved. They know that most patients do not respond as they should according to theory.