Alice Miller Quotes

I believe psychology has done very well in working out how to understand and treat disease. But I think that is literally half-baked. If all you do is work to fix problems, to alleviate suffering, then by definition you are working to get people to zero, to neutral.

What? My head doctor says I'm not supposed to censor my thoughts. It's part of my therapy.

Depression is a serious problem, but drugs are not the answer. In the long run, psychotherapy is both cheaper and more effective, even for very serious levels of depression. Physical exercise and self-help books based on CBT can also be useful, either alone or in combination with therapy. Reducing social and economic inequality would also reduce the incidence of depression.

I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26 years now.

I don't think there's anything better than talk therapy.

It's my belief that, since the end of the Second World War, psychology has moved too far away from its original roots, which were to make the lives of all people more fulfilling and productive, and too much toward the important, but not all-important, area of curing mental illness.

Some people think they're depressed and they go to the doctor and want pills. And you just think: 'You hate where you live, you've lost your job, your boyfriend has dumped you, could all this be why you're depressed?'

I had to work with a psychiatrist.

In the history of the treatment of depression, there was the dunking stool, purging of the bowels of black bile, hoses, attempts to shock the patient. All of these represent hatred or aggression towards what depression represents in the patient.

I'm all for 'tools,' not 'schools,' of therapy. To me, the schools of therapy compete much like religions, or even cults, all claiming to know the cause and to have the best method for treating people.

Colors are important. People are in clinical depression whether they are on medication or not. Neutrals are another form of medication.

I have been amazed by the interest in cognitive behavioral therapy that has developed since 'Feeling Good' was first published in 1980. At that time, very few people had heard of cognitive therapy.

When I looked at the addictive qualities of video games and how they captivate people's attention, I decided to try the same technology for enhancing well-being.

From wearable sensors to video game treatments, everyone seems to be looking to technology as the next wave of innovation for mental health care.

Positive psychology is not remotely intended to replace therapy or pharmacology. So when depressed, anxious or in panic or post-traumatic stress disorder, I am all for therapies that will work. Positive psychology is another arrow in the quiver of public policy and psychology through which we can raise wellbeing above zero.

Treatment is the way to go. It can work if you have the right model.

The moment I started treating my social anxiety disorder, I started feeling better.

I've got a cure for mental health issue. Spank your children more.

Multiple personality disorder and possession are not necessarily mutually incompatible disorders. There's some evidence that you can have both.

On the issue of behavioral health and the like, the program we have in place has always been available to former players as well.

No amount of therapy will take care of a chemical imbalance of the brain.

CBT is really a miracle. I've seen it help a lot of people, and one of the reasons I'm speaking out is that I don't feel like enough people know it. Through my work, I constantly come across other people who have various forms of anxiety or panic - it's much more common, I think, than people realize - and not all of them even really know about CBT.

Violent felons and people with mental health problems need to be rehabilitated.

Trauma super charges addiction and makes it really bad. It doesn't necessarily cause it, though it can trigger it. It's not necessarily the issue but if you have bad addiction, it's there.

I think music can be therapeutic and a really positive thing, but that seeing a therapist is the best form of therapy you can get.