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

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