{"id":170,"date":"2015-08-25T22:01:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T22:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aboutpsychotherapy.com\/aboutpsych-blog\/?p=170"},"modified":"2015-08-25T22:06:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T22:06:35","slug":"dont-diagnose-yourself-and-avoid-those-who-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aboutpsychotherapy.com\/aboutpsych-blog\/dont-diagnose-yourself-and-avoid-those-who-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t bother with your diagnosis &#8211; and avoid those who do!  It matters less than you think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s rare that I post someone else&#8217;s writing but the author of this article sent it directly to me and it fits very well with what I&#8217;ve been saying on this site. It is written about addictions but it applies to almost all diagnoses. I find it especially true of obsessive compulsive problems, so think about that as you read.<\/p>\n<p>One disclaimer: I quibble a bit with what sounds like his condemnation of 12 Step Programs; I encourage you not to discount them based on his article. Those programs (AA, NA, etc.) have been extremely helpful if not life saving for some &#8211; but, as he points out, they are not for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy, and thank you Dr. Dodes, for your contribution!<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.rehabs.com\/pro-talk-articles\/dos-and-donts-in-psychotherapy-for-people-who-have-addictions\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s rare that I post someone else&#8217;s writing but the author of this article sent it directly to me and it fits very well with what I&#8217;ve been saying on this site. It is written about addictions but it applies &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutpsychotherapy.com\/aboutpsych-blog\/dont-diagnose-yourself-and-avoid-those-who-do\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutpsychotherapy.com\/aboutpsych-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutpsychotherapy.com\/aboutpsych-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutpsychotherapy.com\/aboutpsych-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutpsychotherapy.com\/aboutpsych-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutpsychotherapy.com\/aboutpsych-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutpsychotherapy.com\/aboutpsych-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutpsychotherapy.com\/aboutpsych-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutpsychotherapy.com\/aboutpsych-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutpsychotherapy.com\/aboutpsych-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutpsychotherapy.com\/aboutpsych-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}