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Maybe You Should Quit Therapy

Maybe You Should Quit Therapy

Episode 60 Published 1 year, 10 months ago
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Dr. Richard Friedman has been teaching and seeing patients for more than 35 years. Recently, he wrote about the idea that, if therapy has become less of a targeted intervention and more of a weekly upkeep, it might be time to quit. In this episode, Friedman discusses the benefits of quitting therapy, and why it might be hard for some people to contemplate doing just that.

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