Quotes About Therapy

Most psychiatrists assume that mental illnesses such as depression are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain, which can be treated by drugs. But most psychotherapy doesn't address the social causation of mental illness either.

I found myself very lost after 'The Partridge Family,' and I lost my dad and I lost my manager, and I lived in a bubble, and it took me 15 years to get through that and a lot of psychotherapy, and I'm laughing about it now!

I don't like psychiatry. I don't believe it works. I believe psychiatrists are neurotic or psychotic, for the most part.

I actually have a punching bag right outside in my garden.

Sometimes punching a bag for half an hour was pretty cathartic and pretty necessary.

I'm a strong follower of hydrotherapy.

I love intense, deep-tissue massages. Any kind of foot massage, body massage, I'm into it.

I want to have my own neurophysiological clinic, combining my love of sport with my knowledge of physio that can benefit people and help them be rehabilitated to close to their former selves.

I was diagnosed with depression at fourteen, but I couldn't find any medication that did anything for me other than making things worse.

My mother taught us all to bake. It literally calmed us down, and she was able to get rid of all her frustrations.

But briefly, Theresa's case has been diagnosed as one of acute hallucinatory psychosis, brought on by a particularly difficult and prolonged adolescent psychosexual adjustment, no doubt aggravated by a somewhat obsessional religious nature. What that means in layman's terms is—as I'm sure you know—Theresa has temporarily lost touch with what we call reality.

The wilderness is healing, a therapy for the soul.

I'm an incredibly emotional person, but I always feel bad about that. The work is therapy... I need to emote wildly while I write. I weep. I'll laugh, get excited, and get up and pace. I try to take the emotional journey with the characters.

I've never found therapy to be a sign of weakness; I've found the opposite to be true. The willingness to have a mirror held up to you definitely requires strength.

I think anything that's creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that I'm going through in my life. If you're going through heartbreak, and you can write a song, it's a wonderful win-win, because it takes your mind off the heartbreak, and you get to vent.

Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find them deeply uninteresting, as a window to the soul.

My mother is teaching me Indian recipes. I'll go to the market, get everything fresh, have a glass of red wine, and just do it. I find it really therapeutic.

I started my first day in Thailand as I intended to go on, with a massage. I had heard that Thai massage was the best you can have, and I certainly wasn't disappointed.

I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.

You must thank the gods for art, those of us who have been fortunate enough to stumble onto this means of venting our craziness, our meanness, our towering disgust.

The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him.

troubles aren't worth the paper they're written on, but that doesn't mean writing them down won't help you get a fix on 'em.

Bibliotherapy"—using books to treat psychological disorders—may be a new trend, but for me, it came naturally.

I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.