VENTILATION IS NOT ENOUGH
The following excerpt is from the self help
psychology book, Be Your Own Therapist.
One important ingredient of many talk therapies is full
expression (ventilation) of one's problems and difficulties.
Instead of cursing out the boss or my child, I attempt to fully
ventilate my thoughts, ideas, words, frustration, rage and angst
in my therapy session. Thus, I avoid blurting it out at targets
for whom prudence might dictate silence.
| Authoritarian messages are crucial if we are to change society's violent trends. Such trends start with authoritarian messages given by parents to their children.
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As with all good things, however, ventilation can be overworked
and overused. I have met a few clients who have tried to elevate
ventilation into being 100% of what therapy is all about. They
attempted to turn each session into a long-winded complaint
session. "This is awful" and "I am a victim" are the common
beliefs that predominate. Those clients were accustomed to using
therapy as a feel-good-temporarily tool. They were not
appreciative when confronted with the addictive qualities of
their behavior. Ventilation is usually just a beginning step in
therapy.
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| Full expression (ventilation) of one's thoughts and emotions is often a useful step in therapy. But one must also CHANGE and not be stuck ventilating the same stuff over and over.
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THERAPISTS WILL DISAGREE WITH THESE WORDS
FINDING A THERAPIST - SETTING THERAPY GOALS
LIFE IS LUMPY
CHANGES, SELF-GROWTH AND THERAPY DON'T ALWAYS TICKLE
VENTILATION IS NOT ENOUGH
SUFFERING SMARTER IS DUMB
EACH THERAPY HAS ITS OWN LIMITS
ALL PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE THE SAME MOTIVATIONS
FEELINGS
THERAPISTS IN THERAPY
LEMON THERAPISTS
OUR SOCIETY IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK
MISSING FROM THIS BOOK
YOUR PERFECT THERAPY
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