tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post978192137954115810..comments2024-03-29T01:07:30.224-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Beyond Talk TherapyStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-81969709655604860012014-11-19T12:40:48.406-08:002014-11-19T12:40:48.406-08:00Whatever and however, it works for her. This is g...Whatever and however, it works for her. This is good.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-66455134621022624342014-11-18T12:55:02.599-08:002014-11-18T12:55:02.599-08:00re: Was this real help or a placebo?
I agree, I ...re: Was this real help or a placebo? <br /><br />I agree, I don't know either.<br /><br />I like the idea that the placebo effect IS real, but it certainly makes diagnosis hard, and analysing results impossible. <br /><br />I know a small town medical doctor with her own practice, her husband is her assistant, and she talks of holistic health, so she'll spend an hour or more with each patient as needed, including asking personal questions, and perhaps even being a talk therapist, but at least it puts the physical symptoms in a context, and patients feel cared about.<br /><br />Anyway, I see two problem with any sort of treatments.<br />1. Every learned technique can be a hammer that ends up seeing everything as a nail, so it's good to have many techniques and refuse to believe any of them as completely effective.<br />2. When healing doesn't appear, there may be unseen healing, and when healing does seem to appear, it may be unrelated to the treatment. So some sort of intuition would seem to be needed, while still needing some validation and you may have to accept you may never know.<br /><br />Ugh.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.com