http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/reducing-the-stigma-of-therapy/ Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/reducing-the-stigma-of-therapy/#comment-20141 Missy Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:05:15 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=2949#comment-20141 It sounds like a good idea, and hopefully it will work and benefit many, but like many others have voiced...Medical doctors? Are they really in the position and can they actually do the job of a therapist? That's yet to be proven. It sounds like a good idea, and hopefully it will work and benefit many, but like many others have voiced…Medical doctors? Are they really in the position and can they actually do the job of a therapist? That’s yet to be proven.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/reducing-the-stigma-of-therapy/#comment-20120 Mayson Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:45:56 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=2949#comment-20120 I can see the pros and cons to this issue, although I think I lean a little more heavily toward thinking that if and when I think I need to seek therapy I will have no problem tracking that down. I do not want it assumed that I would like to have this done for me. I can see the pros and cons to this issue, although I think I lean a little more heavily toward thinking that if and when I think I need to seek therapy I will have no problem tracking that down. I do not want it assumed that I would like to have this done for me.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/reducing-the-stigma-of-therapy/#comment-20104 Harry Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:31:38 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=2949#comment-20104 I think its a brilliant idea to have scheduled therapy with regular medical care. I think it's easier when it becomes procedural. I think its a brilliant idea to have scheduled therapy with regular medical care. I think it’s easier when it becomes procedural.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/reducing-the-stigma-of-therapy/#comment-20091 Dru Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:27:17 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=2949#comment-20091 Always gonna be those people who are afraid of what they do not know, and it is those same people who are going to make the biggest stink about things. We all are afraid to try something new but I think we could all use a little tune up every now and then and this sounds like the ideal way to do that without having to actually tell someone that you are considering talk therapy. Always gonna be those people who are afraid of what they do not know, and it is those same people who are going to make the biggest stink about things. We all are afraid to try something new but I think we could all use a little tune up every now and then and this sounds like the ideal way to do that without having to actually tell someone that you are considering talk therapy.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/reducing-the-stigma-of-therapy/#comment-20050 Faye Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:48:52 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=2949#comment-20050 There would definitely need to be a trained therapist on board for me to even consider something like this. An MD does not necessarily make the best care taker of my mental health! Smart yes, but maybe not exactly what I need. There would definitely need to be a trained therapist on board for me to even consider something like this. An MD does not necessarily make the best care taker of my mental health! Smart yes, but maybe not exactly what I need.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/reducing-the-stigma-of-therapy/#comment-20039 sylvia sande' Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:53:22 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=2949#comment-20039 the idea of integrating a therapy appointment into routine medical care is an expensive but valuable idea... even if "patients" see the doctor once or twice or year, they could be screened however briefly and perhaps the "stigma" could be reduced..but honestly, i don't trust the medical model to do this in a relational human way. medical assistants, nurses, doctors, are not generally trained in the art of establishing rapport and relationship in the way experienced therapists are. so including a trained therapist would be an important key to making this work.. what do guys and gals think? the idea of integrating a therapy appointment into routine medical care is an expensive but valuable idea… even if “patients” see the doctor once or twice or year, they could be screened however briefly and perhaps the “stigma” could be reduced..but honestly, i don’t trust the medical model to do this in a relational human way. medical assistants, nurses, doctors, are not generally trained in the art of establishing rapport and relationship in the way experienced therapists are. so including a trained therapist would be an important key to making this work.. what do guys and gals think?

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