Posted by violette on August 26, 2010, at 18:39:34
In reply to Re: it's fluff, science replaced w/ subjective nonsens, posted by emmanuel98 on August 24, 2010, at 19:49:20
"I think it depends on what your problems are."
I totally agree with that, Emmanuel. I think different therapies for different people. For example, supportive therapy for one person can make another person worse.
"Understanding root causes isn't enough. YOu have to break the cycle of negative ruminations that take you down and that means recognizing them and trying techniques to soothe yourself."
It's enough for some. Though an intellectual understanding of the causes isn't what changes my inner state and motivations-it's emotional understanding from working through and re-experiencing the emotions with my T.
There's different ways of breaking the cycle for different people, that's for sure. I think some of the success can be attributed to faith-if you think religion will heal you, it can. If you think a certain therapy will, it will. If you believe art therapy will heal you, it might. If you find ways to apply it emotionally.
In addition to faith, whatever you believe in can become a self-fulfilling prophecy if one can apply whatever method is chosen. Symbolism might work well for creative types, applying concrete principles for another; heavily guided/instructional type therapies with homework for the next person....I do see certain therapies are deemed for successful for certain issues...but that's not even cut and dry. There are too many variables involved to be able to determine that as we are all unique.
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