Thomas Szasz

Individual psychotherapy - that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient, modest, and a perceptive listener, rather than a talker and advice-giver.

American Psychologist

George Monbiot

I believe that anyone who wants to stand in a national election should receive a course of psychotherapy. Completing the course should be a qualification for office. This wouldn't change the behaviour of psychopaths, but it might prevent some people who exercise power from imposing their own deep wounds on others.

British Writer

Albert Ellis

I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs.

Mariette Hartley

What took some time for me to figure out was how to have a life outside my career, to find a way to be inclusive rather than exclusive. It came only after years of psychotherapy and deep soul-searching.

American Actress

Samantha Morton

I hate the analyzing thing. People say, 'Why do you think your character did that? I don't know. I'm not an analyst, and they're not in psychotherapy. Unless it's a film where they're in therapy.

English Actress

Hans Eysenck

In general, certain conclusions are possible from these data. They fail to prove that psychotherapy, Freudian or otherwise, facilitates the recovery of neurotic patients.

German Psychologist

Kay Redfield Jamison

No pill can help me deal with the problem of not wanting to take pills; likewise, no amount of psychotherapy alone can prevent my manias and depressions. I need both.

Jack Kornfield

In my experience, psychotherapy at its best is like dual meditation - it's like a container in which you can be compassionate and mindful toward yourself.

American Clergyman

Sherry Turkle

Everybody wants a robot that will do psychotherapy. But If you don't have empathy, you don't have psychotherapy. The robot doesn't know about life.

American Educator

Holly Willoughby

I was going to university to study psychology and my big ambition in life was to open treatment rooms for psychotherapy.

English Celebrity

Psychotherapy includes diverse techniques, not just one approach, tailored to individual needs.

Treatment Variety

Improvements from psychotherapy are often internal and may not be immediately noticeable to others.

Not Always Visible

Psychotherapy focuses on the individual's experience and their perspective is central to the process.

Person-Centered

Psychotherapy as a field of study prepares someone to professionally support others' mental health.

Professional Path

Becoming a therapist often requires graduate-level education and training in psychotherapy.

Advanced Education

Psychotherapy training includes learning theories and practical experience through internships.

Theory and Practice

 First, I've had excellent treatment. Four- to five-day-a-week psychoanalytic psychotherapy for decades and continuing, and excellent psychopharmacology. Second, I have many close family members and friends who know me and know my illness. These relationships have given my life a meaning and a depth, and they also helped me navigate

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