Psychotherapists are not using psychotherapy . . .

[Bill Hemphill]

It's a problem in this field of medicine. It's as though they found a cheat sheet in college and now they just want to catch little symptoms and "call it". A real hazard to people seeking treatment.

It does little good to simply talk to someone about their past. People asking for psychotherapeutic help should receive just that. Not social working which helps a person deal with society while their problem continues.

You must follow the energy. So to speak.

[SWM]

Hi Bill

Do you have a particular example where this is the case?

[Bill Hemphill]

SWM, I am just a little annoyed at hearing many Psychotherapists sit and listen to drug addicts and alcoholics and rebut them with words like "this is an illness that can never be corrected". Here in the US we have addiction shows that show people going through a "recovery program" and in each show they are told that they can never get over their addiction.

It is a psychological event that can be corrected with another Psychological event. I cured myself of alcoholism. I have no desire to drink. None. When I have been around people drinking and wondered if it was alright to drink(after all of these years), I  have contemplated it for about ten seconds and decided I was so fortunate to not feel the need to achieve some sort of happiness by drinking. I just say "there has got to be something I would rather be doing than drink".

When a therapist sits and listens without performing some sort of Psychological function, They are not using Psychiatric medicine. Long talks can help get to the bottom of a Psychosis. But an addiction is a neurosis.