Couples therapy can either be a success or lead to devastation. However, have we ever looked into the world of a therapist? That’s what Elizabeth Weil points out in this article. Fixing relationship issues, as addressed, only get worse with time, the longer you wait, the worse it gets. Attempting to repair a relationship after years of damage is nearly impossible. Although, clinical professor, William M. Pinsof studies ways to improve this by giving questionnaires to patients and tracking their progression along with their depression rate throughout their therapy. But as Elizabeth greatly suggests, why would therapist want to put themselves through all that stress? Not every relationship is an easy fix.
The author is able to make some interesting points that are supported by bringing the reader to an actual therapy conversations, showing responses that are used as a therapist which could possibly turn the patient against you and ways on how to fix it. She uses the similarity of a” broken leg” to a relationship in the sense that if you don’t treat right away, things could get worse. I hope to be able to use this similarity technique in my writing also.
I enjoyed Elizabeth’s way of finding articles from doctors, such as William M. Pinsot, to pursue her unanswered questions. For example; instead of assuming there is an answer for better results for patients therapy, the author goes out and finds hard proof articles that show what has been done to improve for support. The other entertaining piece to this article is Elizabeth’s use of metaphorical terms, such as, “like piloting a helicopter in a hurricane.”
Weil, Elizabeth. “Does Couples Therapy Work?” The New York Times. The New York Times, 03 Mar. 2012. Web. 09 Mar. 2014.