I found this nice discours on an interesting topic, related with individual challlenges, AI and related tools appearing in this relation.
Therapy That Isn’t Psychotherapy by Steven Reidbord
Reducing the problem to a merely external one leads to therapy that resembles political advocacy; therapy that prizes agreement (“validation”) over all else; therapy that absolves the patient of personal responsibility. It is therapy that valorizes empathy without even gentle challenges or interpretation, without introducing new perspectives, without helping the patient see things differently. It’s therapy that reinforces the comforting belief that the struggles patients face are not their own, that there’s nothing to change in themselves.
In short, it’s therapy that isn’t psychotherapy.
Blaming one’s environment and disclaiming responsibility isn’t a new fad. Psychoanalytic theory calls this a form of externalization, a defense mechanism that relieves its users of the need to look within.“
“Imperfectly, Superficially, At a Cost“
Awkward or Embarrassing Truths
• Psychotherapy is a treatment meant for personal change.
While it cannot change the world or other people, it offers far more than mere support, validation, or advocacy.
• Psychotherapy demands effort and may be emotionally difficult or unpleasant at times.
Nonetheless, it remains our best means to ease recurrent or pervasive emotional distress.
• “Therapy” that denies a role for changing oneself is not psychotherapy.
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