All medications prescribed for psychological distress, whether professionally prescribed or self-prescribed become unnecessary when self-regulation and self-reliance are developed in a person. One just doesn’t need them anymore, though they seem necessary right up to the second one decides to stop using them. In my experience, I have found that in addition to their toxic and often permanently damaging effects, medications interfere with the process of recovery. For me, recovery means returning from psycholo
I am convinced that if more members of my profession believed in the value of both engaging in their own deep work and critically evaluating their educational materials and their teachers, they could become valuable to their clients again instead of continuing to blindly prescribe drugs that prevent real recovery.
I have experienced times in my life when, if a person in authority over me holding the views currently dominating the field of mental health had seen or heard me, I could have been labeled mentally ill and possibly drugged or hospitalized. I have avoided hospitalization, shock, and all the horrible traumatic things that the mental health system still offers as treatments. I was simply lucky that I was able to keep quiet at the right time.
Therapy NYC, Psychotherapy | Psychotherapist NYC, Manhattan New York City 10065
Therapy NYC, Psychotherapy | Psychotherapist NYC, Manhattan New York City 10065
Therapy NYC, Psychotherapy | Psychotherapist NYC, Manhattan New York City 10065