Therapists/Psychologists would be danker if they Communication with Clients outside of Hour Sessions

[crakkbakk]

I think psychology fits bets in this forum.

I am very interesting in psychology, and I was thinking about it, psychology as a field would benefit if psychologists and therapists had more communication with their clients outside of the one-hour or two per week session they have. Many psychologists would say their clients should just have more sessions with them, like 2 or 3 sessions a week, but most people do not have the time and/or the money to go to therapy as much as a psychologist would want them to.

As a business model, a therapist that advertised outside email/phone contact with the clients would become favorable. Many people would benefit by the therapists reminding them of therapy homework, help them go over behavioral habit changes, or just to talk about life events.

Personally I have been to different therapists/psychologist and enjoy what knowledge I can learn there but never follow through outside of therapy (kind of like church). If I had a motivational push, such as the therapist sending me emails twice a week checking up/reminding me of habits I've decided to break, dealing with situations differernt, thinking differently ,etc., I would have followed through. However, I've never done therapy for longer than a month before getting bored and dropping out.

Then this train of thought led me to psychedelic/drug assisted therapy sessions. I think that everyone in life has long standing beliefs, personality traits or habits that they are either unaware of or unwilling to change for a number of reasons, and I believe strongly that everyone would benefit from taking psychedelics/MDMA. I also believe that a "narcopsychologist" could facilitate much stronger growth and responce to a psychedelic than could and individual (or an individual's recreational drug using friend could). I think most people take psychedelics and don't even use 1% of its potential. I surely only use 5% or less of its potential. If I had a therapist/life coach to guide out those realizations and practically apply them to my life with an individual plan... oh I would be running the world.

AND, if this therapists emailed or text messaged me once or twice a week inbetween appointments, this would facilitate it MUCH stronger.


This makes me want to become a "NarcoPsychologist."

 

[Crystalito]

Two short notes:

A)If a psychologist was also working so intensively after hours, would he/she have any personal life, or would he/she need a psychologist as well to sort his/her life out? I mean, imagine the psychologist having 10 clients and doing that for all of them...WOnt this get a bit unrealistic? The word we are searching here for i think is Friend. :d

B)Narco-psychologist...Hehhe, the word "narco"-"narcotics" is such an unfitting term that they still though use in many countries (an example i can think of is Greece).Truly one does not need a psychologist who would enforce "narcosis", but rather a psychologist that whatever means he/she uses would be towards shaking up the person a bit to see his/her maladaptive behaviours. I get what you mean, although i want to point out that sometimes definitions are half of the meaning of what one says, especially on the social ballpark.I find the term "narcotice" unproductive and best reserved for trully narcotic substances like opioids.

 

[endlessness]

As a psychologist (though not a clinical one), I have to agree with crystalito.. I mean, where would the line be drawn? I do agree to the point that there could be more done than a talking-only therapy, but it all has to be established and agreed upon, with more or less fixed time and so on. You just can't expect the psychologist to be available to you 24/7, just like any professional from any profession isnt... Also, remember there are several different kinds of psychologists and therapies, and some may go beyond the standard psychoanalysis kind of thing, if thats what you want.

And as for the narco psychologist term I also agree thats not the best term to use, it gives quite a negative connotation.. maybe psychedelic or psychonautic therapy/therapist would work, but due to the legality of these substanes in most countries, it's still quite impossible to be open about this without a problem and make a living out of it at the same time. In the future hopefully

 

[Crystalito]

I think the "talking" method,psychoanalisis, is included in the cognitive approach of therapy. There is also behavioral/cognitive-behavioral that could prove helpful.The latter utilizes not only "talking" (the traditional stereotype of psychoanalysis) to find the root of the problem but also "acting" excersices where the person can more or less "rewire" their patterns by behaving in a certain way : for example for an agoraphobic , a behavioral approach would be to slowly start introducing him to bigger and bigger crowds so he can get "desensitized" of beaing afraid/anxious around people.

Here, i think a person more qualified than me is more fit to comment.In no way i am qualified in that field.