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Comment on Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or: Play by the Rules, Hysteric! by Patricia Cady
['Mad In America']
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If you don’t obey the rules, or, God forbid, don’t want to obey the rules, then it can be explained by your disorder.
The object of scrutiny is always the ‘patient’ or the ‘client,’ never the professional or the framework of scrutiny itself .
But professionals don’t suggest, encourage, or even understand online interaction as a means of deep healing.
This study almost completely discredits the claims made by mainstream psychology that DBT is an effective therapy .
Apparently, the answer is to set more rules and boundaries, and dismiss the person’s concerns as part of their ‘illness.’