An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Metaphor
Your feelings about this person/situation is like having a fish on a hook. As long
as the person/situation is there in front of you, you can see that he/she/it is wriggling
and in pain. But the only way to make sure that he/she/it stays on that fishhook is to
have yourself on that fishhook too, between the fishhook and the person who is hooked.
The question is, Is it worth it?
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Have you ever thought about trying therapy but been concerned about getting drawn into a long-drawn-out therapeutic process? Well it turns out that your instincts are probably correct. There is now a body of evidence to suggest that Long-Drawn-Out-Therapy (LDOT) is not especially effective. Most gains (including lasting gains) come in the first few sessions of therapy. This…
An infographic by Orla Moran and Fiona Healy O Neill.