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Psychology Has a Language Problem, and It Could Hurt Clients
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When therapists speak in jargon, it can confuse or worry clients. It sounds like a simple problem but happens all too often, writes pt_think_kids

Students' assumption that the everyday use of words is the same as the technical use can lead to misunderstanding course material.Psychologists have a problem with words..’ ‘Attachment’ means something very specific in the context of developmental psychology. Grounded in ‘attachment theory,’ attachment refers to an evolved process that keeps infants oriented to caregivers, using them as a place to retreat to when they're frightened and as a secure base for exploration.

An older friend was being interviewed in her rehab center about how she was coping with mobility issues. She had moved from her condo in a This was a case of cultural miscommunication. The therapists were asking something specific: Are you at risk for suicide or for purposely hurting yourself? For a psychologist, that’s what ‘self-harm’ is. Rephrasing it as ‘hurting yourself’ apparently meant the same thing to them.

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