{"id":1765,"date":"2018-06-18T09:09:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T01:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/?p=1765"},"modified":"2020-06-28T00:48:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T16:48:41","slug":"what-therapy-is-or-isnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/what-therapy-is-or-isnt\/","title":{"rendered":"What Therapy Is (Or Isn’t)."},"content":{"rendered":"

The psychodynamic camp says, \u201cYour past is the problem.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The third wave mindfulness therapist says \u201cMindlessness is the problem.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The emotion-focused therapist says, \u201cYour unresolved feelings are the problem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The pioneering team at Mental Research Institute (MRI), Palo Alto says \u201cthe attempted solution is the problem.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The solution-oriented practitioner says \u201cThere are exceptions to the problem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the problem-solving camp says \u201cThere are solutions to the problems,\u201d and the narrative therapist says, \u201cThe person is not the problem, the problem is the problem.\u201d\u2029<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s our problem: The way we define what therapy is or isn’t could be the source why some clients who do not engage with us. (And a source of ongoing debate in our field. Watch this wonderful discussion between Bruce Wampold<\/span> and Peter Fonagy<\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s some that I hear others (and myself) define therapy as:<\/span><\/p>\n