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Modern therapy is becoming increasingly ideological. Specifically, the introduction of the trauma model, which is ostensibly a response to the DSM. Points of concern:
-The definition of trauma has been changed- itâs now purported that everyone âhas traumaâ.
2/ -Emphasis on never âinvalidatingâ or âretraumatisingâ client by challenging interventions.
-ALL psychological distress can be conveniently explained by this framework.
-Unlike any other modality it places ideological conditions on therapists.
-ALL psychological distress can be conveniently explained by this framework.
-Unlike any other modality it places ideological conditions on therapists.
3/-Like postmodernism itâs against âmedicalisingâ.
-Like postmodernism it ignores innate biological or genetic predisposition to mental illness- instead opines that ALL mental/psych/emotional distress is a response to the environment (similar to what Foucault said).
-Like postmodernism it ignores innate biological or genetic predisposition to mental illness- instead opines that ALL mental/psych/emotional distress is a response to the environment (similar to what Foucault said).
4/ -Instead of being a very useful framework to work with (actual) trauma; the definition of trauma has been changed to simply mean âemotional dysregulationâ.
-It emphasises over soothing, over validating, trigger warnings, safety culture.
-It emphasises over soothing, over validating, trigger warnings, safety culture.
5/ -Resilience, personal responsibility have been made so taboo you almost canât mention them.
-Itâs a very similar phenomenon to what @JonHaidt and @glukianoff describe- and it is compromising psychotherapeutic care.
-Itâs a very similar phenomenon to what @JonHaidt and @glukianoff describe- and it is compromising psychotherapeutic care.
