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