Adages, Aphorisms, and Proverbs in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy: Tools for Assessment and Treatment

CONCLUSIONS: Considering the potential utility of adages as therapeutic cognitive scaffolds, how patients and clinicians spontaneously use adages, how adages are used therapeutically, and the adages most suitable for particular patients in particular circumstances deserve further study. In psychiatric management and psychotherapy, clinicians' sensitivity to timing and patients' circumstances, culture, and receptivity may determine whether introducing a particular aphorism or proverb will have a positive impact or come across as a vapid and potentially harmful platitude.PMID:37248709 | DOI:10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20230007
Source: American Journal of Psychotherapy - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Source Type: research