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