https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-right-mindset/202005/10-common-myths-about-therapy There is no basis in the myth often seen in literature that you pay a psychotherapist to be nice to you and care for you. The therapeutic relationship is a psychologically intimate but strictly professional one. It’s the therapist’s absolute commitment and requirement of ethics and law that theContinue Reading
The belief that you can’t teach old dogs new tricks is perhaps the biggest myth of all. When you read a novel in which a therapist says that personality is fixed by age five, it’s laughable and the story loses credibility. Neuroscientists have shown that the brain is malleable, andContinue Reading
While convenient for the novel or television show to have a character “fixed” in a session or two, it doesn’t work that way in real life. The average session is around 50 to 60 minutes and the first session is basically an intake and getting acquainted session. To get toContinue Reading
Psychotherapists have ready-made solutions for all of life’s problems. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-right-mindset/202005/10-common-myths-about-therapy What is important in establishing the therapist-client alliance is not what the therapist thinks is important to bring about change but what the client thinks is important. A good therapist tailors treatment sessions around the needs of clients instead ofContinue Reading
1. People who seek psychotherapy are weak, mentally ill, or crazy. 2. Therapists sit behind desks taking notes while you lie on a couch. 3. Psychotherapists and clients become best friends. 4. Psychotherapy is mostly just talk. 5. Psychotherapists have ready-made solutions for all of life’s problems. 6. Psychotherapists blameContinue Reading
http://bit.ly/2XwaWaj Furthermore, the existence of rape myths has been shown to negatively impact victims of sexual assault. Through the perpetuation of victim-blaming, rape myths can retraumatize survivors and discourage them from reporting their assault (Edwards et al., 2011; Kassing et al., 2005; Proto-Campise et al., 1998). Male rape myths inContinue Reading
New Zealand’s recorded crime levels are the lowest seen since the late 1970s. 6 Crime rates have fallen steadily from 2009 until recently (when there is some evidence of levelling out). It is worrying that, in 2016, 71% of New Zealanders thought crime was increasing. Associations between the rate ofContinue Reading
https://qz.com/quartzy/1352427/neurotic-psychotic-hysterical-six-psychological-terms-people-use-wrong/ The idea that people come in types—like flavors of ice cream—has a long history, dating back to the ancient Greeks. We talk about introverts and extroverts, narcissists and type A personality. But the closest that these ideas come to the truth is the identification of very broad traits—like conscientiousness—thatContinue Reading
You have to be crazy to see a psychotherapist or counselor. One definition of “crazy” is: “mentally deranged, especially as manifested in a wild or aggressive way.” If guys feel this to be true then it makes sense for them to be reluctant to set up an appointment with aContinue Reading
Chris Anderson was sexually abused by his neighbor when he was a child. Confused about exactly what happened and what it meant, he shut out the trauma of the experience for almost 25 years before finally realizing it was the source of his depression, anxiety and even suicidal thoughts. HeContinue Reading
