Posted by Sef on February 13, 2000, at 18:57:04
In reply to Re: Freud and his relevance, posted by Jeb on February 13, 2000, at 14:53:02
I think that some therapists who use a purely cognitive approach, which I envision being like psychoanalysis, will keep there patients sick longer than therapists taking more of a behavioral approach to therapy. I have PTSD and I have found that I do better when my pdoc tells me something I can DO to help me cope with a memory or a bad dream than trying to have me remember back and recall all the gorey details. For instance, when I had a dream in which I was a victim, my pdoc told me the next time I dream I will beat the h_ll out of the perpertrator. It worked. I also think that Freud also focused too much on how people deal with their sexual desires effects their everyday life.
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