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Why don’t people believe in therapy?
Individuals fear judgment, change, the unknown, and what they might discover in therapy; additionally, they’re too prideful to admit they need help. Additionally, some people doubt the efficacy of mental health treatment: They’re uncertain it will work or misunderstand how it works. Without treatment, the consequences of mental illness for the individual and society are staggering. Untreated mental health conditions can result in unnecessary disability, unemployment, substance abuse, homelessness, inappropriate incarceration, and suicide, and poor quality of life. About 75 percent of people who enter psychotherapy show some benefit from it. Psychotherapy has been shown to improve emotions and behaviors and to be linked with positive changes in the brain and body. Stigma is when someone sees you in a negative way because of your mental illness. Discrimination is when someone treats you in a negative way because of your mental illness. Psychotherapy can change lives in profound ways, and can be the difference between not getting out of bed and living a life full of meaning, productivity, and happiness. Psychotherapy is not a luxury. Perhaps because mental illnesses are simply not as concrete as physical illnesses, they are often not taken as seriously. Contrary to this popular belief, mental illnesses are actual diseases that must be treated as seriously as a physical disease, such as cancer or heart disease.
What makes therapy unsuccessful?
Ineffective therapy is tenuous A therapist’s answers to a client’s questions results in the client asking their questions again. A client notices feeling irritated because their therapist isn’t ‘getting them’ A client needs to invent subjects to talk about. A client doesn’t think about their therapy in between sessions. In some cases, you may feel worse after therapy because you and your therapist are not a good fit. You might find their approach intimidating or their personality offputting. If your communication styles are not a good match, you might feel belittled or invalidated — even if that’s not what your therapist intended. But for most people, there will come a time when therapy no longer feels necessary or progress has stalled. In most cases, the client will choose to end therapy; there are also situations in which a therapist decides to end sessions and refer a client elsewhere. Formally, ending therapy is called “termination.” The process of therapy may cause you to experience uncomfortable or painful feelings, such as sadness, guilt, anxiety, anger, or frustration. Counseling may bring up painful memories. It might disrupt relationships.
Why do people quit therapy?
The authors note some reasons why patients drop out: They are unwilling to open up about themselves; they cannot agree with the therapist about what the problem is; they just don’t get along with or feel confidence in the therapist; they believe they are not improving quickly enough; they have unrealistic expectations. Many people start to feel better and believe that it’s okay to leave therapy. Sometimes clients have unrealistic expectations about how treatment works and discontinue therapy when the reality doesn’t match up. The cost of treatment can be a barrier to keeping clients in therapy. Therapists do get frustrated with clients from time to time, but some can handle difficult clients better than others. This may be due to training or inherent personality traits. We walk a fine line of being on your side but making sure that you are grounded and can maintain proper boundaries. So yes, we as therapists do talk about our clients (clinically) and we do miss our clients because we have entered into this field because we remain hopeful for others. Individuals fear judgment, change, the unknown, and what they might discover in therapy; additionally, they’re too prideful to admit they need help. Additionally, some people doubt the efficacy of mental health treatment: They’re uncertain it will work or misunderstand how it works.