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Hi @Kyle1 . Have a look here https://www.sane.org/referral

It's a guided telehealth program you can have with a peer worker or a counsellor.

Once you read it, let me know if you have any questions.

@tyme I'm not the OP, but I have a question:

Would I be right in assuming that this program is bound by "the golden rule of therapy" - in that you don't actually offer real-world remedies for problems, and/or meaningful direction on how to solve them?

Let's just say the program is participant led @chibam . It's not about providing a solution. It's a chance for participants be heard.

That would be Carl Rogers model @chibam ?? Euphormistically called "client centred" ?

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@tyme wrote:

Let's just say the program is participant led @chibam .

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@Kyle1 wrote:

That would be Carl Rogers model @chibam ?? Euphormistically called "client centred" ?

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All these big fancy terms that don't really tell us anything, and merely lead to pages of vague word salad if you google them.

But at least this more or less answers my question:

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@tyme wrote:
It's not about providing a solution. It's a chance for participants be heard.

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Thanks, @tyme .

On doing a quick google scan of "client-centered therapy", @Kyle1 , I don't think it's what I'm talking about at all. The main google summary describes it as "non-directive", which doesn't gel with what I'm talking about at all, as often the patient will need specific directions. The more extensive descriptions I've read seem to portray it mainly as a talking therapy then as actual assistance.

Damn, this gets confusing. I'd heard of "person-centered therapy" (which is apparently another name for the same thing) before. I always disliked the ambiguity of that label, but I otherwise retained positive assumptions about what it meant. Now I'm starting to think that much of the talk I've been hearing about replacing traditional mental health treatment with "person-centered" is still gravely off the mark.