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Psychiatrity and psychology are relaly quite different. The former involves medicines, the latter does not.Talking does not help much at all. Trying new behaviors can relaly be most helpful! When I listen to people in my practice, it is with the goal of them finding and trying some new choices and evaluating how they work. Think of it as assisted problem solving and implementation.And regarding the Rorschach, I was involved with a man, Les Phillips, Ph.D. who could do amazing things with the test. I would administer the test for him. Then we did some presentations where Les did not have any identiying information or background other than the person's age, gender, and Rorschach responses. The folks listening all knew the person's history, psychiatric problems, and life story.Les would proceed to read about three or four responses then describe the person in uncanny detail. He had a Scottish brogue and I remember thinking I could stump him with a person from the V.A. that was midway through sexual reassignment surgery. 'This is odd. It is as if this person is not sure if he is a man or a woman! I 've never seen anything like it." Think Star Trek the original series when you read that.Now it was magic because Les could not relaly explain how he did what he did, but he did it in rooms full of people, I provided the data, and he did not cheat.Finally, interpersonal and cognitive behavior therapy have a long history of documented effectiveness in the treatment of unipolar depression. That data is robust.Trey |
