Psychiatrist Reacts to: 'Therapy does nothing'

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[gcjas]

Sometimes it's not exactly therapy that you need. You crave a mentor who will give you direction and understanding. Someone who has been plunged through the same problems and came out at the top. You want a fresh perspective from a person similar to you, which just knows better.

[SonOfMeme]

One of the first experiences I had with therapy was the therapist telling me "I can't help you if you can't help yourself" and I mentally I was like "if I could help myself I wouldn't be here" and every chance at building rapport was destroyed right then and there.

[CasualPoster]

I had a therapist one time tell me I was the most negative person they'd ever met, cancel all future sessions, and hang up on me mid-sentence. Really nice.

[bobstevenson]

I want to see two therapists trying to give each other therapy now.
"How can you help me?"
"How do you think I can help you?"
"How do you think I think you can help me?
And so on

[shorgoth]

it literally took me 30 years to find the right therapist, but when I did, it took me less than 3 months to deal with 80% of my Complex PTSD. I had to read the fucking books by myself, diagnose myself out of all those wrong diagnostics (from depression to bipolar disorder and tens of medications that did nothing except making me sick). I'm not against therapy by a long shot but the current model is clearly disfunctional and inneficient.

[Toerworth]

I went to a school therapist once who was also a teacher in our school. I had a hard time with my parents, school work and classmates. It was the best 40 minutes of therapy I’ve ever received. She listened at first, then took a piece of paper and described what I should do in relation to those things. Like, it was a mess in my head and she made those things straight. She told me interesting things about friendship, and asked if I had any dreams, and if not, I should. She also was the first person who told me that my nervous system needs extra care and suggested ways to do that, and gave practical advice about workload. Because I missed so many classes our principal held a meeting about my expulsion, and she was there also. But because my grades were still high they let me stay. 1, 5 years later I graduated from the top math school of our town with top grades. She checked on me once and said that I really looked different, confident and happy. This experience never repeated in my adult life, however. I guess I was lucky in my school years and my problems were less complicated.

[RedtsunamiTed]

I had a therapist say to me once, regarding a very difficult problem, "I can help you with that. I'm very good at this and I know I can help you." Let me tell you how much of a relief that was. Just hearing her say that she could help was almost enough. I really believed in her and she believed in me that was a turning point in therapy for me.

[CvnDqnrU]

-Hey Bob, we need your input. How do you think you can help us with our new business project?
-Well, how do you think I can help you with our new business project?
-Bob, you're fired.

[pixiewixiechu]

My last therapist kept telling me "I can't tell you what to do" whenever I asked her anything. I wasn't asking for direction, I was asking if I was using flawed logic, as that's an issue for me. But I couldn't get an answer. And I left each session feeling like my brain was in a blender.

[prostark]

I remember my mom made me do therapy and it was the biggest waste of time. The therapist asked if I had ever done drugs and I told her I smoked weed once like 4 months prior to talking to her, and so every time I talked to her she just blamed all my problem on weed. Even though I told her I had symptoms way before I ever smoked. And I literally smoked once in my entire life. 4 MONTHS AGO

[janzorn]

Great thing about Dr K is that he is actually trying to come up with solutions and not just showing empathy

[sciguy]

I'm starting to realize that I got really lucky when I found my therapist. She was amazing, nudged me when I needed nudging, called me on my BS, but at the same time realized that my dancing around subjects and avoiding talking about certain things gave valuable clues as to why I was avoiding them. She was fantastic and I know that she'll have my back if I have any serious issues to work through in the future.

[Emily-vpdz]

“What do you think would make you happy?” Having someone help me figure out how to be happy would make me happy

[nikolettvida]

The kind of supervisor Dr K had is the teacher everybody wants

[Ichigoeki]

I went to therapy once, got told straight to my face that "honey, you're not depressed, just chronically lonely". As if that's any better.

[MrDeykar]

This video makes me really sad. I have a friend which refuses therapy after a suicide attempt. He thinks it doesnt help him. Hearing this makes me believe him. Therapy doesnt sound like something a meeting with a friend on a beer cant do 10 times better.
Having somone sit in front of you you're actually paying lots of money to so they can help you and they end up just deflecting questions feels like BS. So who blames them?

[Kim-pfkr]

imagine seeing a doctor who doesn't take accountability for what happens to you nor know how to help you AND YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT. This really brings light why people often say therapy is useless because it's like you have a serious illness and they ask /you/ why you have it, tf idk that's why I'm here. I hope there will be more dr k in the world of therapy soon.

[Jessi-]

My main issue with therapy is that I already know what I have (depression, general anxiety, ptsd, social anxiety, etc) and can pinpoint times in my life where they likely would’ve stemmed from. I just want to know how get better at dealing with them. It truly seems like no one, not even professionals, know what to do. And like this Redditor, after trying to get better for 7 years and getting nowhere… I just wanna quit now

[rskreviews]

"Just get better RNG in your lootboxes noob" coming from a therapist is such a poggers moment

[orukia]

On my first year in Psychology I had an amazing teacher that talked us about compromise with our clients, and what is our position in the world and where he disagrees with a lot of fundamentals about the more standarized kinds if therapy, he often wen't out of his way, not to guide but to create the best enviorement for his clients so they can express their toughts more freely than just speaking on a boxed room with the therapyst, I remember this case he talked about a very troublesome young boy that refused to talk with him in the two first sessions, so he spoke with the mother of the boy and learned that the kid loved street art, he then called a friend and asked permission to go with the boy and create an art piece on an wall outside of the friends house (the friend in case is also a guy that loves this kind of art, so he agreed) and he went there with the kid and boom the kid actually started to speak and to express what was on his mind and what he as dealing with. I take this story and others he told my class to heart, this is not a profession to be chosen lightly and taking care of the human mind does require to think outside of the box a lot.