Posted by stjames on November 17, 2000, at 0:06:22
In reply to Re: Therapy length and impact??, posted by dj on November 12, 2000, at 12:15:19
I have always marvelled at the fact that real effective, intense therapy only takes 10 months, one year at most. Unfortunately, many people who comes into therapy expects to be comforted not > >challenged. Maturity is hard to come by.
On what, other than this book, do you base the 10 month estimate for effectiveness of therapy??? Anyone have any concrete insights on this??
BTW, I scanned this book and the group it portrays are all high achievers in parts of their life and not in others, including the therapist. Not your average group perchance...and it is a group vs one on one, which is entirely another dynamic...
dj
James here...
I would say that unless someone is dealing with the major issues of abuse or negelict, 6-12 months
is enough. Also one does not go into thearpy because they really know what the problems are and how to
fix them. So thearpy is often dificult, as it should be. Why pay money to just have a good chat with a
close friend ?James
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