Thanks for writing! It sounds like part of your pitch is that there are some types of therapy which are much more effective than the types in common use. Scott’s book review of all therapy books makes me pretty pessimistic about that. If you’ve read that post, do you have any thoughts?
I read now, well.. it’s a pretty cynical post. While there are obviously those books that give you false magical hopes for instant relief, and it’s fun to joke about them, I am not a fan of the cynical tone. Some people say cynicism is the opposite of hope, and I kinda agree. While it’s good to criticize, Mental health and health in general are supposed to be fields of hope. Obviously not false hope, but there are objective and subjective reasons for hope in treatment. However, there are still some important points in the post which I am definitely noting down.
Thanks for writing! It sounds like part of your pitch is that there are some types of therapy which are much more effective than the types in common use. Scott’s book review of all therapy books makes me pretty pessimistic about that. If you’ve read that post, do you have any thoughts?
I read now, well.. it’s a pretty cynical post. While there are obviously those books that give you false magical hopes for instant relief, and it’s fun to joke about them, I am not a fan of the cynical tone. Some people say cynicism is the opposite of hope, and I kinda agree. While it’s good to criticize, Mental health and health in general are supposed to be fields of hope. Obviously not false hope, but there are objective and subjective reasons for hope in treatment.
However, there are still some important points in the post which I am definitely noting down.
Thank you, I will definitely definitely read.