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The term for the phenomenon where therapy—[particularly] mental and [psychological] interventions—has more negative than positive effects on an individual. The Notherapy Effect can result from various factors: mismatched therapist and client, [inappropriate] modalities, forced or coerced therapy, therapy that pathologizes normal responses to abnormal situations, or simply the wrong approach for the individual. Instead of healing, the experience causes harm: retraumatization, increased distress, eroded trust, deepened shame. The Notherapy Effect is rarely discussed in a culture that treats therapy as universally beneficial, but it's real, and its victims are left not only unhelped but harmed—and often blamed for their own failure to improve.
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