Ian Welsh@iwelsh·Mar 28, 2018Seems to work for some people. I think a lot of stuff is "a good enough therapist can make it work if it's suitable for the client".11
Cinder@Triquetrea·Mar 28, 2018Replying to @iwelshThis is literally all that any therapeutic discipline has achieved. CBT is completely overhyped, for example. Results are... literally placebo.2
Ian Welsh@iwelsh·Mar 28, 2018Replying to @TriquetreaWell, when you put in the drug trial results that were witheld it turns out that a lot of drugs are in the nocebo side too.21
Cinder@Triquetrea·Mar 28, 2018Replying to @iwelshNon-drug therapeutic options, too, if you factor in early behaviourism. That was some shitshow.1
Cinder@Triquetrea·Mar 28, 2018No wonder, either. John B. Watson was a complete sadist and essentially a hack.11
Cinder@Triquetrea·Mar 28, 2018Replying to @Triquetrea and @iwelshhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Albert_experiment… Totally ethical and also experimentally valid. Or, you know, not.11
Cinder@Triquetrea·Mar 28, 2018Replying to @Triquetrea and @iwelshIt says something that the guy was stupid enough to write a tract positing that internal phenomena don't exist. Presumably he developed it from, y'know, his thoughts.11
Cinder@Triquetrea·Mar 28, 2018Replying to @Triquetrea and @iwelshSorry for the rant. Skinner and other behaviourists had some very good findings, but as a movement it seriously pisses me off.1
Cinder@TriquetreaReplying to @Triquetrea and @iwelshLike every major movement, it's was more of a personality cult than any actual theory or set of postulates based in actual research.7:31 PM · Mar 28, 2018·Twitter Web Client1 Retweet