Topic: there is far too much quackery in the therapist business
Sheila LaBoof started this discussion 8 years ago #73,336
Any idiot can call themselves a therapist and use whatever thoroughly discredited technique they care to use, fucking up ordinary people worse than how they started, and spread their stupid ideas at conferences. It's a god damn outrage.
beckyderp !TNyDikii4A joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 51 seconds later[^] [v] #874,058
is that so
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 5 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #874,104
i think it is
Sheila LaBoof (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 3 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #874,126
If you have some down time, here's a simple search results list at quackwatch for "therapist"
https://www.quackwatch.org/search/webglimpse.cgi?alternate=N&ARCHID_1=1&ARCHID_11=11&query=therapist&rankby=DEFAULT&errors=0&age=&maxfiles=50&maxlines=30&maxchars=10000&limit=on&cache=yes
But for a quicker run-down, here's a list of discredited therapies for kids
https://www.mentalhealthwatch.org/reports/discredited.shtml
And an article on more general bad ones
https://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mentserve.html
An academic paper with a long list
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228663686_Discredited_psychological_treatments_and_tests_A_Delphi_poll
https://www.quackwatch.org/search/webglimpse.cgi?alternate=N&ARCHID_1=1&ARCHID_11=11&query=therapist&rankby=DEFAULT&errors=0&age=&maxfiles=50&maxlines=30&maxchars=10000&limit=on&cache=yes
But for a quicker run-down, here's a list of discredited therapies for kids
https://www.mentalhealthwatch.org/reports/discredited.shtml
And an article on more general bad ones
https://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mentserve.html
An academic paper with a long list
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228663686_Discredited_psychological_treatments_and_tests_A_Delphi_poll
(Edited 8 minutes later.)
Big Daddy Derek™ !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 7 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #874,128
@previous (Sheila LaBoof)I can't help but notice that Domestos Therapy™ (pronounced as one word) isn't on that list.
Sheila LaBoof (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 57 seconds later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #874,130
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 4 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #874,132
Cutting edge therapy without the use of traditional Shrinks or Drugs