You know the old saw: Once you know the rules, then you can break ‘em. Of course, I am particularly attached to these, and don’t recommend breaking them.
In our book, Therapy Revolution, I strongly advocate for the use of mental health treatment plans for all therapy patients/clients. One therapist commented, saying that using a treatment plan during therapy was “rigid” and “unsophisticated” and that she liked to “go with the flow.” She was emphatic—a treatment plan “constrained her creativity as a therapist.”
But therapy is not about the therapist. It is about helping patients. And, as we mentioned before, the greatest creativity is actually supported by structure, such as the Sonnet, Haiku, the use of the musical scale and chords, the mathematical rules, the rules of basketball, and so on.
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