健康生活:心理治疗究竟靠谱吗?_BEC初级作文

健康生活:心理治疗究竟靠谱吗?

"About 30 percent did something like motivational work, and 25 percent did something like mindfulness," said Dr. Waller. "You wouldn't buy a car under those conditions."

“约30%的治疗师只是简单地给患者来一番励志，25%则引导患者进行正念之类的修习，”沃勒博士说，“在这种情况下，你怎么可能放心地将健康托付给他们？”

Why the gap? According to Dianne Chambless, a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, some therapists see their work as an art, a delicate and individualized process that works (or doesn't) based on a therapist's personality and relationship with a patient. Others see therapy as a more structured process rooted in science and proven effective in both research and clinical trials.

在研究与实践之间为何会存在这样的鸿沟？据宾夕法尼亚大学(University of Pennsylvania)的心理学教授黛安娜·钱布利斯(Dianne Chambless)称，某些治疗师把治疗当成了艺术创作，一种以（或不以）其自身个性及其与患者之间的情感关联为基础进行的微妙的个体化过程。而其他人则认为这项工作是一项条理化的程序，它植根于科学，且其有效性在研究和临床试验中均得到了证实。

"The idea of therapy as an art is a very powerful one,” she said. "Many psychologists believe they have skills that allow them to tailor a treatment to a client that's better than any scientist can come up with with all their data.”