Part 5 - Pseudoscience in Psychotherapy Hurts People

[MIKAFANFROMAMERICA]

If your therapist suggested to you that you should confide in one God or another then I am almost certain that you were either a victim of fraud, or a victim of a therapist who was probably at the bottom of her class. (I suppose it could have been that she was just an idiot.)

[ech0dancer]

we r nothing alike but some things mentioned r exact.They put my family thru so much it must seem unreal.Spouse is a disabled V'nam vet VA TRANQUILIZED put in pen 30 yrs based on story his daughter told n EXIT COUNSELLING needed bcuz she lived in a mind control commune w her mom.He nvr raped her & esp. not 2100x as she said the doc "helped figure out" ...meanwhile after me being called NUTS ppl r coming out w similar MANUFACTURED HORROR STORIES of docs who use "flooding techniques" on KIDS

[tgaattefur]

wait.. so what are those fish oil pills for?

I got those too for a while

[Sierpinski1]

I had well over 12 years of conventional psychotherapy including lots of synthesized meds. Fringe psychotherapy may be damaging, but I feel damaged by the mainstream therapy. In fact, I don't think I derived anything of any value from it at all. When I first saw your title "Pseudoscience in Psychotherapy," I actually thought you were referring to mainstream therapy, since it seemed like pseudoscience to me. Example: lying on a couch and free associating about early childhood is not healthy.

[rabidsi]

Don't know about the US, but I know over here in the UK there is a BIG difference between a practising psychologist, which is a term restricted by law (carrying regulation and licensing reqs) and a psychotherapist which is not.

It's tantamount to the difference between say, a dentist and a toothologist (thank Dara O'Brien for that one). This would be why she was pushing natural remedies; being unaccredited blocks her from prescription meds.

I don't know where that would leave you legally TBH. :(

[TrionfiTarot]

That sounds like Theosophy, a doctrine created by occultist Madame Blavatsky.

[TrionfiTarot]

@TrionfiTarot I'll correct myself. It is called Theophostic counseling. It is different apparently from Theosophy. There's a Wikipedia article on it including the controversies involved with it.

[CorneliusSneedley]

Only iridology? What, no phrenology? No doubt if you were still with this "therapist," things would have progressed to phlebotomy or trephination. :)

[Yourebuying]

Reliance on SSRIs and other similar medications DO have negative side effects.

For one, Prozac, for example can cause your body's cortisol levels go through the roof.

Research has demonstrated that high cortisol levels cause brain damage. This is called Cushing's syndrome and the moods fluctuate from euphoria, mania and full psychosis to depths of depression.

[thramagen]

all it takes is one pill to make your burps taste like fish

[westfalla]

I had a therapist that always told me I just needed to pray to God. I was trying to get out of sessions, and was actually planning on using it to get her fired as a last resort.

[FierceRodents]

A little pseudoscience: maybe the therapist was raped by her father and desperately wants other women to have the same problem.

[KasparHauser4]

You must have some TERRIFIC health insurance plan! All they saw was dollar bills when you walked through the door.

[Shalek]

Jesus fucking christ, now I feel like I am being harped on the father thing.

[Dwonis]

5:50 a fear-mongering therapist. GREAT!

[KitsuneVoss]

An eye doctor can look in your eyes and see if you have diabetes so it is not complete BS

[PandyFackleresque]

@KitsuneVoss Yes, iridology is complete BS

[KitsuneVoss]

@PandyFackleresque

Sorry if I was confusing, I was not directly referring to iridology but that close observation of the eye does have medical value in places other than just the eye itself. A good eye doctor can usually tell by looking at the retina if somebody does have diabetes. g to Iridology but

[PandyFackleresque]

@KitsuneVoss Ah, haha, sorry. I did get confused and thought you were specifically talking about iridology.

[juditK2007]

@KitsuneVoss diabetes has a "side effect" aka cataracts, but not in every case! And of course this does not mean that the alternative medicine use of iridology that supposedly diagnoses (in good newage style) every problem you have from mental problems to liver problems (random example sorry if not totally correct). This does not mean it's all correct. Eye problems and some diseases that come hand in hand with eye problems exist, this does not mean Iridology is the ultimate diagnose tool !

[lmollot]

@PandyFackleresque im glad u know so much about so many things- name calling instead of research can be a comfort- sorry about her not respecting ur choices-how long did u stay w her b4 moving on?

[juditK2007]

@KitsuneVoss that's not the same. What you are talking about is a diagnosis of the eye and that is correct, but to diagnose other problems (this is what Iridologyists do) than eye problems is total BS!

[DanThePropMan]

@KitsuneVoss By seeing the effects of untreated diabetes upon the tissues of your eyes, a clear cause and effect. Iridology is much like reflexology in that it claims that each internal organ and body part has a corresponding 'zone' of the iris, and that illness in any body part or system is somehow reflected that zone. The two practices are not remotely similar.

[blurglide]

Ironically, you don't know most of the ingredients in the herbal meds, either. "plant" isn't an element. Many have various levels of toxicity. Oleander can kill you quickly, but at least it's "all natural", eh?

To add further irony, many man-made meds were first discovered by isolating the active ingredients in plants, with all the useless and potential harmful parts gone.

[jokidder]

1:40

I remember my pagan/wiccan period. Fun times. ;-)

[Brianswers]

Wow, this has gone froma  bit flaky to disturbing to downright criminal..

[MistressArte]

Wow she's thick man made drugs work on natural systems because that's how they are designed to work. XD With the eye thing you can diagnose some things like high blood pressure if your veins are more crinkled, or low if they are more spaced out. They don't do what she did though and a regular eye doctor can tell these things. XD

[eyhexs]

maybe she mean Jesus, the latino guy who runs the grocery store around the corner

[AnneOnAMoose]

Alright, Part 6 is where you defeat the evil menace and restore liberty to the world, right?

[mikesinner69]

the story is both funny and sad at the same time. It's hard to believe that there is still so much quack science going on.

[skeletonmom]

Yes...the fish oil burps suck... ;D

[cjeffers101]

you make it sound like omega 3 is bad (it is wonderful of course). Are your camera burps omega 3 burps? (I hear you can freeze them and you will not). Pop-up explain what happens at 5:00 (it is disturbing/emotional)

[PandyFackleresque]

I'm not saying it's bad entirely, I AM saying that it doesn't magically make your depression go away like a lot of woo websites claim it does

[Maxdwolf]

At least the omega 3 was good for you. :-/

[CousinoMacul]

*****

[JustAnotherX]

five stars for 'invisible monster'. X-D

[7hundred7dy7]

I've been in and out of therapists and psychologists over the years, but I didn't come across the crazy, spiritual mumbo-jumbo until I was in the hospital for a few months after a near death experience. They tried to get me to meditate, and talk to God, and do reflexology, and all kinds of crazy shit.

[alowlyapprentice]

Excellent series. Thanks for sharing. Friggin crappy assed turd in the punch bowl bitchy fake therapist. I think it was a good call on her part to not put you on any SSRI's. at such a young age. Maybe the only good thing she did.

Wow! I guess there is another vid coming.

[upallhours9]

I didn't go through all that drama with that "therapist", but i did go through a time of religious doubt.

Thanks for sharing.

[Swidhelm]

I have to say I'm blown away that any kind of "professional" in the medical or at least mental health field would essentially be a new age goon. That just sends shivers down my spine. Makes me wonder how many people have been detrimentally wounded beyond repair because of

"therapists" like that! Hats off to you for bringing this kind of thing to the light of day!

[alowlyapprentice]

It happens more often than you think.

[upallhours9]

I went through this as well- video to follow.

Great video, btw. 5stars.