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I think one big issue is that everybody is assumed to have basic life skills/emotional skills. But not all parents know how to teach these. I'd love to see everyone being taught basic NLP/others skills that are proven to help self-esteem/confidence and lower stress/bullying and other nasties.
I couldn't agree more - it's amazing how much our early experiences of all those things we need to learn in order to survive, are carried with us throughout our lives. Even if there wasn't a 'stand-out' event or overtly abusive or dysfunctional relationship in childhood, the way some children process things such as confrontation, criticism, rejection, mockery, and so on, can be very different.
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Agree with the rest but part of the CBT puzzle is missing I think. It works great for some, but not for all.
As for language...I think one issue is that we aren't exact processors of language. What some may call "confidence" I may call "not caring about outcome" and they may lead to the same behaviors.
Does it matter? It does in a way as you will need more than one "word" or method if your language doesn't work for some.
And stories/music/art therapy may possibly reach parts of the "self" <- wooly language apology that straight therapy may not reach.
Quotation needed :)
So these guys are campaigning for better mental health access: Thrive: The Power of Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies: Amazon.co.uk: Richard Layard, David Clark: Books
Along with NHS http://www.iapt.nhs.uk/
I think one big issue is that everybody is assumed to have basic life skills/emotional skills. But not all parents know how to teach these. I'd love to see everyone being taught basic NLP/others skills that are proven to help self-esteem/confidence and lower stress/bullying and other nasties.