The experimenter demand test is quite reassuring! Although I disagree with the rest of that section, since I didn’t have in mind a conventional social desirability bias. I disagree with the idea that psychotherapy is no different from other interventions in this regard—anecdotally, depressed people are much more sensitive than average to feeling like a burden and not wanting other people to worry about their problems.
The experimenter demand test is quite reassuring! Although I disagree with the rest of that section, since I didn’t have in mind a conventional social desirability bias. I disagree with the idea that psychotherapy is no different from other interventions in this regard—anecdotally, depressed people are much more sensitive than average to feeling like a burden and not wanting other people to worry about their problems.