Therapists Quotes - Page 2

• I think everything is going to be devastatingly sad - when the phone rings, I know somebody in my family's been hurt, somebody's going to die. I'm sure a therapist would go, 'That's not a good way to live,' but every time it's not that bad thing, I'm so thankful and appreciative.

  Sandra Bullock

  Hurt, Thinking, Phones

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• I work with a place in Santa Monica called Phase IV. My doctor recommended them to me when I started losing weight. They help people train for things like triathlons or biking and running races. They offer physical therapists, testing, lectures.

  Drew Carey

  Running, Doctors, Race

  "Drew Carey: 'I feel like I'm aging in reverse". Interview with Mary Brophy Marcus, usatoday30.usatoday.com. May 8, 2011.

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• I started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a rational emotive behavior therapist.

  Albert Ellis

  Behavior, Used, Term

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• There's a woman I see who's not my therapist, but she's like an old friend who's a therapist in profession. She lets me talk to her like a therapist once in a while, and she does a great thing. Whenever I have a big dilemma, like this is a big problem in my life, she always says, 'Wow, you're going to have to figure that out.'

  Louis C. K.

  Old Friends, Doe, Wow

  "Louis C.K. on eating pressure and providing an alternative to The Man". Interview with Nathan Rabin, July 5, 2012.

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• If you have a therapist who agrees with your every word, then your brain isn't getting proper exercise.

  Beth Ditto

  Exercise, Brain, Agree

  "What would Beth Ditto do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. August 30, 2007.

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• I am actually going to two therapists right now. I don't know, I actually feel like therapy has just made me more uncomfortable.

  Jesse Eisenberg

  Two, Made, Uncomfortable

  Interview with Woody Harrelson, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 28, 2009.

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• I get people to truly accept themselves unconditionally, whether or not their therapist or anyone loves them.

  Albert Ellis

  People, Accepting

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• In all the years I've been a therapist, I've yet to meet one girl who likes her body.

  Mary Pipher

  Girl, Years, Anorexia

  Mary Pipher (2005). “Reviving Ophelia”, p.165, Penguin

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• I should have a therapist. I have plenty to therapise about.

  Norah Jones

  Should Have, Should, Plenty

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• I had a bad back for a couple of years. I had to do a lot of physiotherapy for it. What I couldn't understand at the time was why the therapists had me doing a lot of stomach work.

  Hugh Jackman

  Couple, Years, Stomach

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• Empathically accurate perceivers are those who are consistently good at 'reading' other people's thoughts and feelings. All else being equal, they are likely to be the most tactful advisors, the most diplomatic officials, the most effective negotiators, the most electable politicians, the most productive salespersons, the most successful teachers, and the most insightful therapists.

  William Ickes

  Teacher, Reading, Successful

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• The therapist can interpret, advise, provide the emotional acceptance and support that nurtures personal growth, and above all, he can listen. I do not mean that he can simply hear the other, but that he will listen actively and purposefully, responding with the instrument of his trade, that is, with the personal vulnerability of his own trembling self. This listening is that which will facilitate the patient's telling of his tale, the telling that can set him free. (5)

  Sheldon B. Kopp

  Mean, Acceptance, Emotional

  SHELDON B KOPP (1972). “IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS”

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• In the high school classroom you are a drill sergent, a rabbi, a shoulder to cry on, a disciplinarian, a singer, a low-level scholar, a clerk, a referee, a clown, a counselor, a dress-code enforcer, a conductor, an apologist, a philosopher, a collaborator, a tap dancer, a politician, a therapist, a fool, a traffic cop, a priest, a mother-father-brother-sister-uncle-aunt, a bookeeper, a critic, a psychologist, the last straw.

  Frank McCourt

  Mother, Brother, Uncles

  Frank McCourt (2005). “Teacher Man: A Memoir”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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• I find the English amazing how they got over 7/7. There were no multiple memorials with people sobbing as they would have been in America. There, they are constantly scaring people, but at the same time, people think nothing of going to see a therapist.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Thinking, America, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The most mortifying fact of my life is something that happened when I was fourteen and I have never admitted to anyone: not to friends nor therapists; not even in rehab when we were detailing our own personal spirals of shame did I confess. It is this: I am a graduate of the Barbizon School of Modeling.

  Augusten Burroughs

  School, Rehab, Facts

  Augusten Burroughs (2004). “Magical Thinking: True Stories”, p.36, Macmillan

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• My therapist says I still haven't got in touch with my anger. Maybe one day I'm going to explode. But I'm still really happy. I know it looks like a strange and painful upbringing - all those experiences led me to the paths that I'm on now.

  Drew Barrymore

  Anger, One Day, Path

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• I remember a group therapy session when one of the patients was reluctantly turning his corner. He would accept it, he said, but he wouldn't like the idea of having to solve problems every day for the rest of his life. My co-therapist told him that it was not required that he like it. She shared her own displeasure, saying: 'I remember that when I first discovered what life was like, I was furious. I guess I'm still kind of mad sometimes.' (135)

  Sheldon B. Kopp

  Ideas, Mad, Groups

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• How was I supposed to concentrate on my mental health when my therapist was encased in orange sparkle madness?

  E. Lockhart

  Orange, Sparkle, Madness

  E. Lockhart (2016). “Ruby Oliver 3: The Treasure Map of Boys”, p.31, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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• If you're angry, you don't have to write a poem dealing with the cause of your anger. But it needs to be an angry poem. So go ahead... write one. I know you're at least a little bit angry with me. And when you're done with your poem, decipher it as if you'd just found it printed in a textbook and know absolutely nothing about its author. The results can be amazing...and scary. But it's always cheaper than a therapist.

  Jay Asher

  Writing, Scary, Littles

  Jay Asher (2016). “Thirteen Reasons Why 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.94, Penguin

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• A ghastly attempt at a smile, sure to send any normal person to a therapist.

  Ilona Andrews

  Normal, Persons, Ghastly

  Ilona Andrews (2008). “Magic Burns”, p.137, Penguin

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• Using no control and using humor will build a relationship and make a dent to where the client puts the counselor in their quality world and then begins to relate and seek out the counselor. Effective therapy begins with the acceptance of the therapist into the client's quality world.

  William Glasser

  Acceptance, Quality, World

  Myrtle Beach Conference on Reality Therapy, March 28, 2008.

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• Therapist’s dilemma: those who need help the most, run the farthest from it.

  Jonathan Kellerman

  Running, Needs, Helping

  FaceBook post by Jonathan Kellerman from Mar 14, 2013

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• ...personal torture instructor...I mean physical therapist.

  Simone Elkeles

  Mean, Torture, Physical Therapist

  Simone Elkeles (2013). “Return to Paradise”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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• I skate about 15 to 20 hours a week and also incorporate a lot of off-ice training. I take ballet and Pilates classes and lift weights with my physical therapist when I'm not on the ice.

  Sasha Cohen

  Sports, Ice, Class

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• Yes, he’s a good boy. Never been in trouble at school and he’s on the honor roll. Captain of the football team. All-around psycho serial killer who hides bodies in the fridge whenever his parents go out of town. (Nick) I also eat babies for breakfast and torture small animals for fun. My therapist says I’m making real progress though. (Caleb)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Football, Baby, Fun

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