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fwiw, my thread of personal recommendations for therapy modalities, all of which i suspect are much better than what most people in therapy are doing (but i would like to check that assumption!)

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· Jan 10

thread of therapy and therapy-like thingies that have helped me or people i know:

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damn some of y'all got some rough stories :( maybe it's less about modalities and more about the therapist. some relevant thoughts from

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Damon Sasi

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· Feb 24

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So many oofs reading these replies :( This is why #8 is on my list; because "just listen to you talk about your week and provide some emotional support/reflective listening" can feel nice, but it's often not enough, and rarely worth the price. daystareld.com/the-bad-therap

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I have always assumed that's like 80%+ of the therapy population

Rishi Sanyal

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programming 10, personality 3 (girl version)

Surely that's anybody who doesn't have a roadmap for when they're going to be able to stop paying the therapist.

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programming 10, personality 3 (girl version)

that was me. I did psychodynamic and client-centered therapy as well as general “interdisciplinary” “counseling” before quitting in 2019. considering going back this spring, maybe to a couples/relationship person.

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never did CBT bc (asshole alert) it just seemed so dumb. was curious about DBT but it always seemed to involve group therapy with some wildly unstable/unconscientious people.

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I was helped but in intangible ways. Really was just paying for a good listener for like 4 years. Was better than not having it, but I’m probably one of these people being referred to.