PS Catherine
I entirely agree about the inadequacies of pharma btw
On 18 June 2011 16:31, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Here's a letter, Catherine, from a unemployed guy, taken from a psychiatry
> magazine in 2009, on what's wrong with CBT:
>
> "have just started cognitive therapy. And if I had to be honest it has made
> me more depressed. Being unemployed you begin to concentrate on the minutest
> detail of everything. For instance an item of food has gone up 30p. This has
> a knock-on effect all the way down the line as you are fixed to an income.
>
> My therapist had no idea how much unemployment benefit was. She thought my
> wife and I were both receivng £94 a week. Instead of just £94 for both. I
> told her that I was concerned that I wasn't getting enough nourishment as I
> only could afford £20 a week for food. She then told me she spends £120 a
> week on her shopping. I have to walk everywhere because I can't afford bus
> fare. I have had problems with my knees for years. And after walking three
> miles to the session and three miles back. They hurt. And without missing a
> beat she suggested maybe jogging would help my depression.
>
> Try as you may, empathy is no substitute for walking in another person's
> shoes. Only then can you truly understand depression.
>
> I dread going back to these sessions. Basically the ethos is a buck-up and
> pull yourself together philosophy. I would have been better off talking to
> my dead grandmother. At least I respected her."
>
> Best
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
> On 18 June 2011 12:44, Catherine Daly <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Do tell, CBT (and not the other two things that is a more common
>> acronym for) seems like a blast of breathable air compared to religion
>> and meds, the first two (in that order) treatments for *any* ailment
>> here in the US
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Indeed, cognitive behaviour therapy is already close to being a term of
>> > abuse, which doesn't stop it being increasingly employed, particularly
>> upon
>> > the poor, as a *means* of abuse.
>>
>
>
>
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