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Busybee333 We like to tell our clients, “Half of what I’m telling you is the truth and half is going to turn out to be wrong; we just don’t which half.”
Psychology is an imperfect science. All sciences are. We haven’t worked out quantum physics yet, but it doesn’t invalidate physics. Medicine, likewise, changes almost daily but we don’t discard it because the value outweighs the fallibility.
We’ve been studying the human mind for 170 years. We know a lot of stuff. In fact, a major study was just released that suggests the single gene responsible for ADHD has been identified. And just because an approach, therapy or medication is less that optimal, it doesn’t mean it’s not a matter of simply changing things a bit. Nothing says the science is bad.
People are so often resistant to therapy because, unlike a lot of medical maladies or work issues, the client has to do all the work, all the heavy lifting. Changing your frame of mind and learning to manage what can be debilitating conditions takes a little time and learning. But we’re lazy as a species; we like to be handed a prescription and told to wait for two weeks.
Therapy works, and you can find people all over the world walking around crediting their lives to it. When a person is ready for therapy, they will get the benefit of it. Not before.
