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Disillusioned with psychotherapy?
- Steph Turner
- Dec 7, 2024
- 12 min read
Updated: Dec 11, 2024
Are you disillusioned with psychotherapy? Tired of trying to change for others who rarely change for you?
Consider the emerging alternative of need-response. It’s a new professional service in development to address needs the law cannot effectively address.
Based on anankelogy, the new social science for understanding our needs, it applies and prioritizes responses to our inflexible needs. One caring act at a time.
Which do you prefer?
Stick with established institutions and attempts to reform them, then hope for the best.
OR
Join efforts to co-create a fresh alternative for accountably responding to your needs.
When asking ChatGPT for a “List of pain points of those disillusioned with psychotherapy,” it offered these 20 pain points. See how the new professional service of need-response answers each one.
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After each of these items below, see how need-response can be far, far better. Click the right arrow to expand the text.
After each point below, see how need-response can be far, far better. This is where you can join the effort. You are welcomed to respond to this vision, add to it, critique it, and help shape this alternative. Join us in resolving more needs to improve our overall wellness, which the law itself can never do.
According to ChatGPT, “Here are some common pain points experienced by people who feel disillusioned with psychotherapy.”
“Many feel that therapy is prohibitively expensive, with sessions and ongoing treatment placing a financial burden on individuals who need help.”
Need-response doesn’t expect you to pay to solve a problem created largely by others.
“A frequent frustration is the gradual pace of progress in therapy, leading some clients to feel that improvement is too slow or that they aren’t getting tangible results.”
Need-response incentivizes prompt progress to measurably improve wellness.
“Some clients are disappointed by a perceived focus on talking rather than actionable solutions or coping strategies to address specific issues.”
Need-response incentivizes prompt responsiveness to each other's needs.
“Concerns that therapy can create a dependency on the therapist, with clients feeling unable to cope or make decisions independently.”
Need-response cultivates each other’s independence from professional expertise.
“Difficulty finding a therapist whose approach or personality aligns with the client’s needs or expectations, often leading to frustration or discomfort.”
Need-response shifts focus on externalities, which can make it easier to build rapport.
“Some people feel that therapy overly focuses on past experiences or trauma, even if they want more future-oriented, problem-solving strategies.”
Need-response is holistic; addressing both past and present, yourself and others.
“Concerns about feeling judged or stigmatized by therapists, especially if clients feel misunderstood or if therapists inadvertently impose biases.”
Need-response shifts judgment and stigma onto imposing powerholders.
“Anxiety about the limits of confidentiality, which can make clients hesitant to share sensitive information, especially if they worry about mandated reporting.”
Need-response focuses on wellness without exposing any shameful coping behaviors.
“Clients may feel frustrated if therapy lacks clear objectives or measurable progress, leaving them unsure if therapy is beneficial or effective.”
Need-response identifies unmet needs and sets a path for how to best resolve them.
“Some clients feel that their concerns or emotions are minimized or misunderstood by therapists, leading to a sense of being dismissed or invalidated.”
Need-response relies on perspectives and affirmations of supportive group members.
“Frustration with therapists who seem too focused on labels or diagnoses, rather than treating the person holistically and as an individual.”
Need-response shifts focus from psychiatric disorders to social barriers on wellness.
“Negative or even harmful experiences, such as feeling judged or encountering a dismissive therapist, can lead to distrust of the entire therapeutic process.”
Need-response holds need-responders accountable with engaging assessments.
“Clients may feel disillusioned when a particular therapeutic approach (e.g., CBT, psychoanalysis) doesn’t work for them, but therapists insist on sticking to it.”
Need-response complements inward improvement with external improvements.
“Many people feel discouraged by the challenge of finding a therapist they connect with, as well as the time, money, and energy it requires.”
Need-response gives you a free taste of its value before you commit yourself.
“Unlike medication, therapy can take a long time to show results, which can feel frustrating for those in acute distress who want quicker relief.”
Need-response stretches your ability to endure pain so you can remove its cause.
“Some clients feel overwhelmed by the responsibility placed on them for their own healing, without feeling they have the tools or guidance needed to succeed.”
Need-response complements self-healing with an emotionally invested support team.
“Therapy can bring up painful emotions or memories, which may feel destabilizing and even counterproductive to some clients.”
Need-response melts the intense pain of emotions and memories by resolving needs.
“Some people feel that therapy can feel transactional or impersonal, where the therapeutic relationship is seen as one-sided and limited to the scheduled hour.”
Need-response emphasizes continual engagement of each other’s affected needs.
“Clients may feel unsure when therapy should end or may feel pressured to continue without clear milestones, creating a sense of dependency or ambiguity.”
Need-response sets a schedule of progressing stages with a clear end point.
“A common pain point is the feeling that support is only available during sessions, leaving clients to cope alone between appointments.”
Need-response nurtures peer support beyond the time with the need-responder.
Does this speak to you? Could you benefit from what need-response potentially offers?
Thank you for your interest. Follow developments by listening to the Need-Response podcast each Wednesday, starting 30 April 2025.
Let’s build this amazing service that can more effectively serve your overlooked needs.
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