Alternative Dictionary Of Therapy (humor)

[Anarchy]

Oppositional defiant disorder

A re brand and attempted re launch of a diagnosis which has crashed into disrepute twice before

Firstly as drapetomania, a disorder amongst slaves, causing them to get uppity and run away from massa, and which was teated by means of a "good" whipping.

And later, in Soviet psychiatry, as sluggish schizophrenia, the chief symptom of which was to question authority and authority figures. Or heaven forbid, to doubt the perfection of the soviet system. It was enthusiastically treated with confinement to psychiatric hospitals, and administration of large doses of psychiatric drugs.

 

[Anarchy]

exposure
Getting you, as the only one in the group cbt session who has brought a diary sheet to the session.

To read from the sheet,

Then to subject you to withering criticism for not having recorded to the satisfaction of the session leader.

All done in front of the whole group.

(Happened to a friend, last week!)

 

[Ronin]

First a disorder amongst slaves, causing them to get uppity and run away from massa.

Later, in Soviet psychiatry, heaven forbid, to doubt the perfection of the soviet system.

<dead laughing> You homie are all the reasons I want to go back to psych, and this above, is so many thesis topics summaries already. How dare they, indeed.

 

[Ellabella44]

Meltdown - what happens when your stress cup overloads and leads to crying, running nose and your hair looking like both things melted down your face.

 

[Ocean5]

Oppositional defiant disorder
A re brand and attempted re launch of a diagnosis...

Good ones! I will add some more.

Oppositional Defiant Disorder
-refusing to accept beliefs of a radical christian religious group (opps I mean cult/sect)
-refusing to submit to abusive psychopathic father

This was family counseling by a senior "religious" leader who thought he was a family counselor (what a joke - more brainwashing.)

-bringing up real history (how that upsets them.)

 

[Ice_Fire]

Dissociative identity disorder: therapist forgets which client you are and so can legitimately ask "who am I talking to right now?"

 

[Ronin]

Schemas - all the hidden messages about your life Disney conveniently forgot to mention

 

[Anarchy]

Word Salad
(A)The literature and insiders jargon of both psychology and psychiatry.
(B)The collected works of Sigmund Freud.

 

[HypnoticallyChaotic]

Exposure Therapy

Going to a therapy session because you hate them because you have no faith in therapy because it has never worked well in the past.

 

[Ice_Fire]

Safe Space visualisation: Thinking of somewhere nice that you'd rather be instead of the therapy room. Usually out in nature and away from the four walls and trappings of what your therapist is getting you to think/talk about.

 

[Riot]

Word Salad
(A)The literature and insiders jargon of both psychology and psychiatry.
(B)The collected works of Sigmund Freud.

(C)When your therapist talks with a mouth full of lunch.

 

[Anarchy]

(C)When your therapist talks with a mouth full of lunch.

CBT
Or,
BLT?