Re: Intelligence and therapy resistant » JennyR

Posted by robinibor on June 19, 2001, at 9:15:25

In reply to Anna Laura -Intelligence and therapy resistant, posted by JennyR on June 18, 2001, at 17:13:03

True, true. The relationship you have with your therapist is the best predictor of outcome. In a study of effectiveness of different talk therapies, combination, medication alone, or placebo, what made the difference was the relationship with the therapist by the 4th session--even if the therapist only prescribed medication.
That says to me that shopping around for a good therapist fit is as important as finding the right medication.
> I responded to part of your answer to Glenn, but somehow, it disappeared or never really "took." So here it is again.
> Anyway, the part about being intelligent making it hard for "talk therapy" to work because you can see through the theories- I don't agree with that and would like to tell you why.
> I thought that at one time, but it has not been the case at all.
Here's my point - it's the relationship that matters in therapy. I have a wonderful warm therapist who I've been able to make a strong connection with, and that's what makes it work. When you feel heard like never before, understood like never before, empathized with out of real warmth, that's what makes for a really successful therapy experience. It's not about intelligence or lack of it, it's about emotional connection. I think intelligence has helped because it allows one to reach insights, by putting different fragments together, seeing connections between things, that someone not too swift would have a harder time doing. I don't see intelligence or knowledge of theories as a hindrance at all. I think you either really click with a particular therapist, or you don't. Maybe you haven't found the right one.
> I think medications can be important, it is for me, and what you say about your own creativity and building the right foundation too, but I also think therapy is the best gift I ever gave myself.

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