Post by Pincho Paxton on Aug 11, 2015 15:58:43 GMT
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One technique therapists use that really helps depressed patients
Pincho says...
Good study... but quote above are is bit weak on therapeutic response. I mean that might work on someone who does not calculate information very well, but to an average person the questions are too weak. Also the conversation is very negative, talking about divorce, and failure in machine gun fashion. I think that the therapy can be improved to be more uplifting by changing the sentences into something close to joke form. So instead of "Is everyone who experienced divorce a failure?" You change it to
"Didn't you hear about the man who got divorced then met the woman of his dreams?"
"Yeah he got married, and bought an house at No 9 cloud street... he told me he's living on Cloud 9"
Then you ask the question "Can you think of someone like that? Some people are much happier after divorce."
Ok so that's an example, it is the same work but less boring, and more uplifting. I made that up in a few seconds, you could work on it more professionally than me. I think that this treatment should be part of a meeting between people in a social environment, about 6 at a time 3 men 3 women. The experience should be uplifting. That's how I see it.
Pincho Paxton
One technique therapists use that really helps depressed patients
A therapist may ask a series of Socratic questions to challenge that belief: Is everyone who experienced divorce a failure? Can you think of anyone for whom that is not true? How does being divorced seem to translate into being a failure as person for you? What evidence is there that you have succeeded, and thus not been a "total failure?"
Pincho says...
Good study... but quote above are is bit weak on therapeutic response. I mean that might work on someone who does not calculate information very well, but to an average person the questions are too weak. Also the conversation is very negative, talking about divorce, and failure in machine gun fashion. I think that the therapy can be improved to be more uplifting by changing the sentences into something close to joke form. So instead of "Is everyone who experienced divorce a failure?" You change it to
"Didn't you hear about the man who got divorced then met the woman of his dreams?"
"Yeah he got married, and bought an house at No 9 cloud street... he told me he's living on Cloud 9"
Then you ask the question "Can you think of someone like that? Some people are much happier after divorce."
Ok so that's an example, it is the same work but less boring, and more uplifting. I made that up in a few seconds, you could work on it more professionally than me. I think that this treatment should be part of a meeting between people in a social environment, about 6 at a time 3 men 3 women. The experience should be uplifting. That's how I see it.
Pincho Paxton