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.

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