Therapy Approach Quotes

Frank Farrelly. . .must be thought of with respect (perhaps even delight?) by his clients who have so far played the game of therapy with their therapists, but, I am afraid, also a shocking example for those therapists who, in Laing's words, 'are playing at not playing a game'.

Many years ago, when I was working on Broadway, I used to go to a drug rehabilitation centre on Sundays. I didn't lecture them against the perils of drug-taking; I gave them drama therapy.

Things have to be done fast in America , and therefore therapy has to be brief.

I still think you shouldn't use acting as therapy.

I believe that a different therapy must be constructed for each patient because each has a unique story.

A growing body of clinical observation has pointed to the conclusion that the family therapy must be oriented to the family as a whole.

Avoidance is a wonderful therapy

I feel that any form of so called psychotherapy is strongly contraindicated for addicts. The question Why did you start using narcotics in the first place? should never be asked. It is quite as irrelevant to treatment as it would be to ask a malarial patient why he went to a malarial area.