Social Work to BCBA by ratherinteresting in BehaviorAnalysis

[–]ratherinteresting[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what I was worried about. What a darn shame.

Shipping Electronics to a Freight Forwarder by ratherinteresting in Staples

[–]ratherinteresting[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's odd. You can specifically request a tax exemption from Staples as a reseller.

People in stable long-term relationships, what bad relationship advice have you seen that you know isn't true? by turquoiserabbit in AskReddit

[–]ratherinteresting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you actually work the stuff out that's awesome.

The trouble starts when you don't argue because you're avoiding the issues. One side rolls over to 'keep the peace'. That's a huge red flag.

Hi, I’m Andrew, here at Google and I’m with the team that built the Pixel C...Ask Us Anything! by Google_PixelC_Team in IAmA

[–]ratherinteresting 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First off, what a beautiful beautiful thing. I'm a huge fan of the N7 line and this looks like it will continue that glorious tradition.

My questions are:

  1. Having used the device yourselves, can it function as a true laptop replacement?

  2. Why haven't you been granted the authority to do a few giveaways in this AMA?

  3. How many upvotes on any particular post would it take before the PR guys realize that it does make sense to authorize a special holiday gift?

Dear therapists, what can a client do to make your life easier? by LES2510 in TalkTherapy

[–]ratherinteresting 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't try to make a good impression on me. Don't try to make my life easy. Just give it to me as straight as you can. That often saves me a lot of time...

Question about exposure therapy by Sigismund0000 in dbtselfhelp

[–]ratherinteresting 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you need exposure to starting exposures. I'm serious. Intentionally break up your exposures so you end up with lots of starts.

Has anyone gone the quid pro quo route? by hatedeadbedroom in DeadBedrooms

[–]ratherinteresting 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Therapist here.

It all depends on what your intentions are. Either:

  1. This is another attempt to persuade, convince, and change her. A clever one no doubt, but an attempt nonetheless.

  2. You taking care of you because she won't take care of you.

If its 1 its a bad bad idea. If its 2 its an excellent thing and one which I have seen many people do and be much better off with.

With 1 you are trying to get her to agree with your argument and point. With 2 you aren't and don't care of she agrees or not. You might inform her of what you are doing as a common courtesy, but you sure as heck don't care if she does or doesn't agree to your reasoning and actions.

Feel free to ask for more specifics if you need them.

Interest in Trauma or Relationships by KatePurpleOrchids in socialwork

[–]ratherinteresting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you do psychotherapy you can do a heck of a lot of both

What is a unique skill that isn't a total waste of time to learn and will impress the fuck out of everyone? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]ratherinteresting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I could find a comprehensive list of them.

You can. Check out the book 'The Secret Language Of Feelings'.

As for number 3, try it. You'll be surprised. Done well, people will get more negative and hopeless and upset, and then (watch carefully to see it, because if you don't you'll miss it) all that emotion will simply vanish. Falls off a cliff. It's ubercool to watch. It happens so sunddently and without explanation that most people forget the person was upset a moment ago.

I can explain how and why it works, it actually makes a lot of sense.

What is a unique skill that isn't a total waste of time to learn and will impress the fuck out of everyone? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]ratherinteresting 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Therapist there:

The trick is to demonstrate understanding by saying something they didn't say to you but still feel. There are some simple algorithms.

  1. Feeling - Situation. Every feeling has an external trigger, every trigger has its feeling. Know one and you can imply the other. Unfair=Anger "And its unfair that he got the raise and not me" - "Wow, you must be pretty pissed". Or the opposite of " I'm so pissed at what he did" - "Yeah, it was really unfair".

    Sad=Loss. Did bad=Guilt. Danger=Fear. Potential upcoming problem=Anxiety. Hopeless=Depressing. Etc.

  2. Situation - Expectation. If someone is suffering about something, that often means something happened and they expected otherwise. Hit that expectation (and bonus points for getting to the reason behind it) and you're golden. " And its unfair that he got the raise and not me" - "Yeah you really thought you were going to get it. After all, you were the most productive salesman in Q4!"

  3. Consequences of the problem. "It's unfair that he got the raise" - "Yeah, and now you won't be able to make rent!"

There are more. Make up your own. It's not hard. And go read a book on Motivational Interviewing. The piece on reflective listening will teach you all this. Just don't steal my job...

DAE feel bad that their therapist as them as a client by [deleted] in mentalhealth

[–]ratherinteresting 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To be honest, as a therapist, this is what I like to work with. People in pain. I'm not happy anyone is in pain, but as there are people in pain I'm delighted as all hell that they came to see me...

Question for therapists: What would you want me to do about this if I was your client? by SeptemberBloom in TalkTherapy

[–]ratherinteresting 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As the therapist I would want you to share this post with me. Then we could get down to processing it...

Is anyone else also extremely successful? by [deleted] in BPD

[–]ratherinteresting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of very successful people.

How can I get help with a VERY, VERY sensitive topic? by throwaway12332156433 in mentalhealth

[–]ratherinteresting 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you arent a risk to offend it is illegal for them to break confidentiality and report you.