"Therapistsare onlyhuman""Therapistscan't workharder thantheir clients""Therapyonly worksif you wantit to work"Badfit"You'renot readyto getbetter""You needto do thework"TransferenceCognitivedistortions*Anecdoteabout howtherapysaved theirlife*"Therapyisn'tmeant tobe a cure""You'repreventingothers fromgetting help"Compassionfatigue*Insultsyourintelligence*"You need totakeresponsibility""Studies showthat therapyworks" *neverprovides saidstudies*"Therapyonly works ifyou're openand honest"Magicwand"It getsworse beforeit gets better"Anti-scienceChemicalimbalanceCluster Bpersonalitydisorder orpsychosisaccusationNot alltherapists"You must'vebeen toldsomethingyou didn'tlike""You needto keeptrying""Therapistsare onlyhuman""Therapistscan't workharder thantheir clients""Therapyonly worksif you wantit to work"Badfit"You'renot readyto getbetter""You needto do thework"TransferenceCognitivedistortions*Anecdoteabout howtherapysaved theirlife*"Therapyisn'tmeant tobe a cure""You'repreventingothers fromgetting help"Compassionfatigue*Insultsyourintelligence*"You need totakeresponsibility""Studies showthat therapyworks" *neverprovides saidstudies*"Therapyonly works ifyou're openand honest"Magicwand"It getsworse beforeit gets better"Anti-scienceChemicalimbalanceCluster Bpersonalitydisorder orpsychosisaccusationNot alltherapists"You must'vebeen toldsomethingyou didn'tlike""You needto keeptrying"

Responses to people who criticize therapy - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. "Therapists are only human"
  2. "Therapists can't work harder than their clients"
  3. "Therapy only works if you want it to work"
  4. Bad fit
  5. "You're not ready to get better"
  6. "You need to do the work"
  7. Transference
  8. Cognitive distortions
  9. *Anecdote about how therapy saved their life*
  10. "Therapy isn't meant to be a cure"
  11. "You're preventing others from getting help"
  12. Compassion fatigue
  13. *Insults your intelligence*
  14. "You need to take responsibility"
  15. "Studies show that therapy works" *never provides said studies*
  16. "Therapy only works if you're open and honest"
  17. Magic wand
  18. "It gets worse before it gets better"
  19. Anti-science
  20. Chemical imbalance
  21. Cluster B personality disorder or psychosis accusation
  22. Not all therapists
  23. "You must've been told something you didn't like"
  24. "You need to keep trying"