The Observer Effect: How It Works in a Client-Patient Situation

David Perry: When we go to a therapist or a counselor, they become the kind of authority. He says that observer effect is against what's happening for you in your depression. If I inadvertently am against the alcohol, then I don't understand this person needs quote on quote alcohol. They need something to loosen them up to be less shy," he says. "I need to do the same thing as the alcohol is doing for them"