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NYC_SKP

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7. I worry that it may even make matters worse, telling people they are powerless.

Reply to Chemisse (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 19, 2014, 09:59 AM

Oct 2014

When so much 'real' powerlessness exists in people's lives, what might really help is to teach them how to realize and utilize the power that they have.

Cognitive Behavior Theory, DBT, Rational Recovery, and many other programs exist that teach people how to be stronger, not weaker.

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