A hard day

Agree totally @creative_writer Let's hope the government's bulk billing policy extends to psychosocial support and there are many more urgent care clinics. There are not enough mental health beds anywhere and not enough awareness or care from hospitals/ED. That is not always their fault - hospitals are extremely over stretched and often mental health patients land on the bottom of the list.

The thing is @creative_writer if people are seen as attention seeking then what is the underlying cause of that. Often it is seeking attention to cover up deep underlying issues ...and they need to be investigated.

I do agree @creative_writer but I also see a lot of people who do not help themselves. Maybe, as you said, their supports are not right for them but there are also people that want their supports to 'fix' everything. That mindset needs to be turned around and just like you, I believe empowering the individual is key.

I agree @creative_writer Therapy can either be productive or stagnating too. There is however a fine line between pushing people to step outside their comfort zones and increasing anxiety etc. It is those though that take no actions for themselves they will never move towards recovery ie. given things to work on in therapy and never do them. I do know for some it feels (and sometimes is) impossible and those are often the ones that do not voice how bad or difficult things are truthfully so in those instances no therapy will actually work.

No need at all to be sorry Hon - it is a great discussion to have @creative_writer I do agree with you on the many reasons therapy doesn't work. Your last point "it’s wrong for a therapist to impose opinions on a client" is also a big point for me too ...it also goes towards some of my points ie. one needs to want to change/recover in order for any therapy to be successful but no-one can achieve that for the person. I have seen some say :what is the point of therapy if they do not give me the answers" - and that therein lies the problem ...some think therapists are there to there to provide the answers whereas they are only facilitators in the client finding that pathway for themselves. They can, of course, make suggestions and guide the client but they can't change the world for the client.