Comments on: Self Help From A Therapist… Welcome!

By: Dr Martin W. Russell

Dr Martin W. Russell — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:50:15 +0000

DavidOB:

From someone with your experiences as a basis for judging my work, I really appreciate the comments. Rest assured there is much more yet to come.

By: Davidob

Davidob — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:25:33 +0000

For years I considered going to school to become a therapist. The thing that stopped me was an awareness that most people want to be fixed but they don’t want to have to work at it.

Still hopeful, I went to school and became a licensed Hypnotherapist. I couldn’t do any type of counseling but still held a hope that I might help with issues such as smoking, weight loss, and phobias. Unfortunately I quickly found my worst nightmare was true. Nine out of ten people expected to be hypnotized and fixed. When I explained that it simply didn’t work that way, and I always did explain it before any work was done, most people changed their minds. Of the ones who went forward many had less than hoped for results and blamed either me or hypnosis.

The ones who did experience success were very appreciative. They made the effort worthwhile for a while, but I finally threw the towel in.

I salute you Dr. Martin. From someone who has been to therapy themselves, read countless self help and positive mental attitude books, gone through NLP, and worked with hypnosis I have to say you are RIGHT ON THE MONEY! I have enjoyed reading your posts immensely and look forward to more.

By: Lexis Johnson

Lexis Johnson — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:42:03 +0000

I give this entire concept of self-help internship 5 stars because it seems that Dr Martin has found a way to increase the value of his blog, which would increase his rankings with the search engines!! Way to go, Doc! Win-win for both yourself and your interns! Perhaps now you can help me come up with a similar concept for my own endeavors…! What do you say?

By: Jed

Jed — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:31:25 +0000

I suspect few people head for a therapist without first having made some attempt at DIY. They are to be congratulated for their attempts and persuaded (where they need to be) that an effective and supportive therapist will have them continue in this vein.

By continuing to accept their own responsibility for their “cure” they (the client) can gain ownership of the therapist’s “expertise” thus drawing maximum benefit from it.

By: Noah

Noah — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:30:45 +0000

Therapy can be a necessary intervention in a crisis and has a legitimate place as probably does medication. But more often than not it is just used as an excuse to prolong the misery. And who’s going the break that cycle?

By: Steven Herman`

Steven Herman` — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:03:18 +0000

It seems that far too many people want to delegate their own responsibilities nowadays. You see it in kids, parents, bosses and government.