FINDING A THERAPIST - SETTING THERAPY GOALS

The following excerpt is from the self help
psychology book, Be Your Own Therapist.

There is no one therapy treatment that is considered standard, as there would be for your ruptured appendix. If you are a planning type, you will be seeking out information about a prospective therapist. Do so. You will feel better. Often you will do better than the impulsive therapist shopper. For trust in and rapport with a therapist are often (but not always) important to the success of the therapy. You can often find out that information beforehand. Trust yourself. A specific approach you could take involves using "I-Want" lists on your part. Using this book and your own wishes, make a list of "I-Wants" that are important to you. Reduce your list to three or four of your most important "I-Wants." Take this list to discuss with prospective therapists. These might become your therapy goals.

More than 90% of the work in effective therapy is done OUTSIDE the therapy hour.

If you are an impulsive type, you probably will throw darts at the telephone listings of therapists or seek out your friend's therapist. Careful planning is not for you. Sometimes you will do better by this method than the careful planners. For there are times when a very different therapist, one you would never select through careful planning, will be the most effective for you.

Any therapist is likely to be an improvement over none at all if you are in significant/ severe distress. If you discover you have chosen the wrong therapist, find someone different.

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This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself to be a mighty one..... George Bernard Shaw

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   RECOMMENDED GOAL OF THERAPY: INNER PEACE
   DON'T GIVE ALL YOUR PERSONAL POWER TO A THERAPIST
   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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