YourexpectationsareunrealisticYou should tryagain with atherapist of adifferent gender,age, sexuality,race, cultureIt getsworsebefore itgets better*Silently writesyou off as acrazy personnot worthlistening to*I'm a therapistand I wouldnever treat myclients thatwayEveryone canbenefit fromtherapy, if youcan't you'rethe problemYou can'theal withoutprofessionalhelpHave youtalked to yourtherapistabout howyou feel?Maybe youneed to beon moredrugs firstYour feelingsare valid but*immediatelyinvalidatesthem*Therapists arepeople tooand some ofthem are badat their jobsThat soundslike yourmentalillnesstalkingMaybe youjust aren'tready tochangeYou need toadvocate foryourself andcommunicateyour needsYou need togive it moretime, it's notan instant fixMaybe theyjust didn't tellyou wantyou wantedto hear*Unsolicitedadvice to trya differentmodality*You can'tsay that, it'llscare peopleaway fromtherapyI had X badtherapists butonce I foundthe right one itwas all worth itYou justneed tofind theright fitYou weren'twilling todo the workI don't thinkyou'retelling thewhole storyI'm sorry thathappened toyou buttherapysaved MY lifeHave youconsideredthat you justmisunderstoodtheir intentionsYourexpectationsareunrealisticYou should tryagain with atherapist of adifferent gender,age, sexuality,race, cultureIt getsworsebefore itgets better*Silently writesyou off as acrazy personnot worthlistening to*I'm a therapistand I wouldnever treat myclients thatwayEveryone canbenefit fromtherapy, if youcan't you'rethe problemYou can'theal withoutprofessionalhelpHave youtalked to yourtherapistabout howyou feel?Maybe youneed to beon moredrugs firstYour feelingsare valid but*immediatelyinvalidatesthem*Therapists arepeople tooand some ofthem are badat their jobsThat soundslike yourmentalillnesstalkingMaybe youjust aren'tready tochangeYou need toadvocate foryourself andcommunicateyour needsYou need togive it moretime, it's notan instant fixMaybe theyjust didn't tellyou wantyou wantedto hear*Unsolicitedadvice to trya differentmodality*You can'tsay that, it'llscare peopleaway fromtherapyI had X badtherapists butonce I foundthe right one itwas all worth itYou justneed tofind theright fitYou weren'twilling todo the workI don't thinkyou'retelling thewhole storyI'm sorry thathappened toyou buttherapysaved MY lifeHave youconsideredthat you justmisunderstoodtheir intentions

"Therapy wasn't helpful for me" Bingo - 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. Your expectations are unrealistic
  2. You should try again with a therapist of a different gender, age, sexuality, race, culture
  3. It gets worse before it gets better
  4. *Silently writes you off as a crazy person not worth listening to*
  5. I'm a therapist and I would never treat my clients that way
  6. Everyone can benefit from therapy, if you can't you're the problem
  7. You can't heal without professional help
  8. Have you talked to your therapist about how you feel?
  9. Maybe you need to be on more drugs first
  10. Your feelings are valid but *immediately invalidates them*
  11. Therapists are people too and some of them are bad at their jobs
  12. That sounds like your mental illness talking
  13. Maybe you just aren't ready to change
  14. You need to advocate for yourself and communicate your needs
  15. You need to give it more time, it's not an instant fix
  16. Maybe they just didn't tell you want you wanted to hear
  17. *Unsolicited advice to try a different modality*
  18. You can't say that, it'll scare people away from therapy
  19. I had X bad therapists but once I found the right one it was all worth it
  20. You just need to find the right fit
  21. You weren't willing to do the work
  22. I don't think you're telling the whole story
  23. I'm sorry that happened to you but therapy saved MY life
  24. Have you considered that you just misunderstood their intentions