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HereSince1628

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9. It's quite fashionable at the present time...

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 01:38 PM

Apr 2015

Recent research suggest type of therapy is less important than a bond between therapist and patient referred to as "therapeautic alliance".

That goes a long way when trying to understand how it is that 'uniquely' defined disorders all have similarly effective therapies.

Rejection of a therapy generally destroys therapeutic alliance and it's hard to know if the therapy fails or whether the alliance fails.

People who reject concepts that require surrendering to "higher powers" uniformly do poorly in mindfulness based therapy.

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Absolutely. This is a fundamental element of Cognitive Behavior Theory, and DBT. NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #1

+1 appalachiablue Apr 2015 #5

I'm a big believer in CBT but it only goes so far REP Apr 2015 #8

It's quite fashionable at the present time... HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #9

There's no higher power nonsense phil89 Apr 2015 #11

Lots of approaches 'work' and so one must wonder why? HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #12

sending this on, with thanks. niyad Apr 2015 #2

Yep, doesn't work for me justiceischeap Apr 2015 #3

They've never been in my black hole. hunter Apr 2015 #4

K & R Both prescrition meds AND other options should be known & considered. appalachiablue Apr 2015 #6

I am assuming that this does not apply to bi-polar. My brother would have a hard time finding jwirr Apr 2015 #7

Also, anyone with chronic depression should be tested for mthfr (gene) mutations... polichick Apr 2015 #10