In a recent article in the Sunday Review entitled “In Therapy Forever?” Jonathan Alpert equated long therapy with bad therapy. While some people might agree with his point of view and find that short, focused therapy works well for them, Alpert's article fails to recognize mental diversity. In rebuttal, Deborah L. Cabaniss, a director of psychotherapy training at Columbia University, makes a good analogy: changing the way “we think about ourselves, relate to others, or deal with stress” is like trying to lose or keep off extra weight. As with physical habits, breaking mental ones can take a long time. After all, it probably took time to develop them in the first place!Read the entire article here: Is Quick Therapy the Best Therapy?