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

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