Hey Matt Walsh, Some Good Points. But Have You Met Every Therapist?
From After the Session: Two Therapists Telling It Like It Is · 00:32:38
Show by Dwain and John
In this episode of After the Session: Unfinished Notes, Matt Walsh makes some legitimate criticisms of therapy. There are therapists who overpathologize normal struggles, turn every problem into trauma, and can inadvertently reinforce a person’s identity as a victim. But here’s the problem with broad generalizations: neither John nor I have met every therapist. We believe good therapy should do more than help people understand what happened to them. It should help them decide what they are going to do with it. We talk about the difference between validating someone’s story and keeping them stuck in it, the importance of agency and personal responsibility, and why therapy should ultimately help people move forward and become healthier, better human beings for themselves and the people around them.
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