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A Minute of Advice Is Not Ten Years of Therapy
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Psychology Today: The Latest
A new genre of video has begun appearing in my social media feeds:“Ten years of therapy summarized in one minute.”
Therapy Is Not a Transfer of Secret InformationThese videos often rest on a mistaken assumption: Therapy consists primarily of a professional telling a client important things.
Therapy Also Happens Between PeopleThe “therapy in one minute” format minimizes another central ingredient of treatment: the therapeutic relationship.
“Ten years of therapy in one minute” implies that treatment is mostly bloated explanation—and that years of professional work can be replaced by a clever monologue delivered over dramatic music.
Therapy Should Still Be AccountableNone of this means that more therapy is always better.