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Genre: People & Blogs
Date of upload: Oct 23, 2014 ^^
Rating : 4.839 (720/17,145 LTDR)
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For those people who are commenting how she's a terrible actor that portays depression wrong doesn't know the fact that most patients are usually nervous in their first session and so they used smiling and laughter as a defense mechanism and to look less vulnerable to someone they are completely meeting for the first time. There are lots of depressed people out there who end up trying to hide their true emotions due to various reasons. The mindset that a person can only be truly depressed if they can't smile anymore is the problem. Not everyone is what they seem, take a look at Robin Williams for example. He looked like such a wonderful and charming man only for us to find out he was struggling with depression for a long time...
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I kept my mouth shut in my very first CBT session 😂. As a stubborn teenager I didn't want to express my feelings in front of a stranger even she's my psychologist. My psychologist became friendly, loving, kind and understandable, So as I was comfortable, I started revealing everything to her in my 3rd session. I just want to say my psychologist thank you for being patient with me and having my back each and every time. She's such a good & truthful friend of mine today.
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I think this is great representation of a first session. Building rapport, providing validation and actively listening. I know people are so quick to want a solution.. but recovery takes time. Recovery and change happens in the process of therapy, regardless of what modality the therapist is utilizing!
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The issue I have with this type of counselling is that voice the psychologist puts on. That overly-emotive almost whisper. I’d rather she just spoke normally - the parts where she did I felt were more effective.
And all the repetition of what the client was saying. “Okay, (sigh), so it sounds like...”
What you need in that kind of situation is just a real conversation, with the feeling that the person you’re talking to is genuinely interested in you, wants to hear your thoughts and problems, and wants to try to help.
Surely it’s better to tell the client you’ll be taking a few notes when the appointment is made, not during the session? Once the psychologist had told her that, you could see the client watching her write. Part of the skill set of a good therapist is to do such things subtly, and to focus on the actual conversation.
Just my opinion of course
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I have had depression and associated anxiety for 15 years. Ive had a plethora of medications and Ive fought suicide daily. A new shrink weened me off tablets and put me in with a CBT therapist. Ive had 14 sessions and am now winding down in frequency towards finishing. Its not easy but I worked hard and can now say that I think differently and even happy at times after 15 years. Im no longer on medication and incidently my suicidal thoughts disapeared as soon as came off medication. I will always have depression Im sure but now I deal with it and IT doesnt control me. Thank you Liz
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Thank you for sharing this. I'm a 51 year old man who has been trying to prove himself at work and the harder I try, the less effective I am. I have very similar symptoms, I wanted to mention this because depression, anxiety can affect anyone, male female, young and old. It's very common from what I am learning.
I just want to add that you are not alone and despite the negative feelings and physical experiences, I recognise a lot of these myself.
I hope that you are benefiting from your help.
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I had a session with a psychologist last year which was pretty much the same as this one, with me telling her my thoughts and her rephrasing them and asking questions that I myself have pondered hundreds of times. found it very unhelpful, guess cbt isn’t for me. it feels like I just get my own thoughts thrown back at me without any constructive dialogue.
edit: just remembered that her summing my thoughts up felt somehow detached, like she could be talking about anyone. you’re sitting there, baring your soul, and she’s throwing names of emotions you’re experiencing without attaching them to you and your personal circumstances.
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I've been to a few therapists and got a bad taste from the way they had demonized the people in my life and effectively criticized me for my habits and actions. Just watching this video gives me a vicarious sensation of reflection in what similar experiences I've had. Thanks for sharing this! I wish I could've found someone like you when I needed it most.
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@bperry573
8 years ago
People need to realize that therapy isn't going in and your therapist telling you that "everything will be alright", then you're gonna be cured after 12 sessions of hearing that. You have to put in work. Heavy emotional work, that is. If you think you are going into a therapist office expecting for THEM to make you all better, you will never get better. A therapist is more like a tour guide of your experiences and they help you to see things in a different way so that YOU can change your way of thinking about whatever you are being impacted by.
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