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Another frequent theme is that [[Cognitive behavioral therapy|psychotherapy]] and counseling are useless and give poor advice. It is claimed they merely parrot bluepilled notions about being nice and taking a [[shower]], and are ultimately a waste of time and money. There is indeed evidence that psychotherapist do not improve by training and that the effectiveness of psychotherapy is mostly not better than placebo (which consists in taking ''any'' action, other than psychotherapy; or in self-administered self-help). There is also some evidence (drawing on large samples from the U.S and Germany) that suggests psychotherapy can actively be harmful to the patient, being associated with negative personality changes (increases in neuroticism, stress and depression) and declines in positive traits (such as self esteem and conscientiousness). <ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092656616302410</ref>