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by simbolit 1083 days ago
You start with therapy "potential to do more harm than good", which I agree with.

Then you claim 'therapy' is "not based on science", which (a) suggests you might have a very narrow STEM-y view of what "science" is, and (b) suggests you might have a limited understanding of what different forms of psychological and psychiatric therapies there are. I invite you to read some scientific peer-reviewed papers on how comparatively (in)efficient different forms of therapy are for different syndromes. You will find, most therapies are very much based on science.

And then you end with claiming there "is better chance you'll come out damaged then[sic] cured", even claim the odds are "highly against you", without any support whatsoever. For someone who cares about a basis in science, you sure have some strong opinions without any basis in fact.

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Sure , I am open to believe that psychological therapy is not psedoscience. Please provide some peer reviewed papers in reputable journals about Couples Therapy with Reproducable results. I am even willing to relax Conceptual replication, some papers with exact replication will do.

>And then you end with claiming there "is better chance you'll come out damaged then[sic] cured", even claim the odds are "highly against you", without any support whatsoever. For someone who cares about a basis in science, you sure have some strong opinions without any basis in fact.

Because I care about basis in science thats the reason I wrote it. Going to therapy is akin to going for homeopathic medicine to get cured. Homeopathy was popular in 18th century on the coattails of vaccination and its still a big industry in US but it has more in common with Goop than medicine. With current credibility crisis Psycological therpay will also face similar demise.

I’m not going to give you links, but look to the Gotman Institute for some tangible research around couples therapy.
Science still acknowledges the placebo effect though- and it's so incredibly strong that not seeking it out is non-scientific.