How the Medical Model creates Learned Helplessness: Anxiety Course Day 7

Therapy in a Nutshell

Therapy in a Nutshell -Emma McAdam

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Self-improvement

4.8 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills We have this interesting problem in America where we’ve applied the medical model to mental health, and it’s created a lot of learned helplessness. In our attempts to remove the stigma from mental health, many people have come to believe that all mental illnesses are permanent, genetic traits. And it’s just not true. Because anxiety disorders, depression, trauma, and many other mental health conditions are really, really treatable. Looking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com Support my mission on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therapyinanutshell Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.therapyinanutshell.com Check out my favorite self-help books: https://kit.co/TherapyinaNutshell/best-self-help-books Therapy in a Nutshell and the information provided by Emma McAdam are solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and are not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health. In therapy I use a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systems Theory, positive psychology, and a bio-psycho-social approach to treating mental illness and other challenges we all face in life. The ideas from my videos are frequently adapted from multiple sources. Many of them come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, especially the work of Steven Hayes, Jason Luoma, and Russ Harris. The sections on stress and the mind-body connection derive from the work of Stephen Porges (the Polyvagal theory), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) Francine Shapiro (EMDR), and Bessel Van Der Kolk. I also rely heavily on the work of the Arbinger Institute for my overall understanding of our ability to choose our life's direction. And deeper than all of that, the Gospel of Jesus Christ orients my personal worldview and sense of security, peace, hope, and love https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/believe If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or your local emergency services. Copyright Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is the Therapy in a Nutshell podcast. I'm Emma McAdam, a licensed marriage and family therapist.
0:05.8	These episodes are filled with research-backed therapeutic education that you can start applying in your life today.
0:11.7	I hope you find today's episode beneficial, and if you know of someone who could benefit from this podcast, please don't hesitate to share it.
0:18.6	Let's work together and share tools everyone can use to help deal with the difficult mental health struggles they're going through.
0:25.6	Each podcast episode comes from a corresponding video. You can find them on the Therapy in a Nutshell YouTube channel.
0:32.7	Also, these podcasts are educational and don't replace the advice or direction you may be receiving from a therapist
0:40.1	or other health professionals. Please enjoy the episode. Sometimes when I teach a mental health
0:46.2	skill, like how exercise treats depression or how mindfulness is a powerful tool to decrease anxiety,
0:52.5	people will tell me, oh, that's cool, but I have
0:56.2	clinical depression. And what they usually mean by that is that they've been diagnosed with
1:01.3	depression, and they assume that their diagnosis means that their depression is a biological trait,
1:07.7	a genetic trait, or it's something inherent, or it's a chemical imbalance,
1:12.3	that it's part of their being or their identity, and they assume that it's going to be a
1:18.2	permanent characteristic that they just cope with for their entire life.
1:23.6	Now, this is a misunderstanding of how mental health diagnoses work.
1:26.8	We have this interesting problem in America where we've applied the medical model to mental health,
1:32.3	and it's created a lot of learned helplessness.
1:34.7	In our attempts to remove the stigma from mental health, many people have come to believe
1:38.6	that all mental illnesses are permanent genetic traits, and it's just not true.
1:44.7	Anxiety disorders, depression, trauma, and many other mental health conditions are really,
1:49.4	really treatable.
1:50.8	Now, I saw this in action when I worked in residential treatment.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Therapy in a Nutshell -Emma McAdam, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Therapy in a Nutshell -Emma McAdam and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.