The fact that people think (or state .. however emphatically) that
they have been helped by some intervention is not in itself any
indication that that intervention has had a specific effect. One
of the most consistent findings relating to counselling in primare
care is the enthusiastic acceptance of this by patients, and possibly
the growing demand for it. However, don't we need to demonstrate
more than this ? Is the counsellor's intervention more effective
than someone merely offering a sympathetic ear ?
It appears to me that much of the discussion about complementary or
alternative practices (at least in terms of the search for evidence
and the likely methods to find this) can be applied equally well to
some types of psychotherapy and counselling.
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