Misjudged counselling and therapy can be harmful, study reveals

Misjudged counselling and therapy can be harmful, study reveals


Analysis of talking therapies finds many have a positive outcome but some vulnerable people can be left feeling more depressed

Counselling and other psychological therapies can do more harm than good if they are of poor quality or the wrong type, according to a major new analysis of their outcomes.

Talking therapies are usually helpful to people who are distressed, but in a minority of cases where it goes wrong it can leave vulnerable people more depressed than when they first sought help, the authors say. Guardian

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