Posted by Waterlily on December 3, 2003, at 20:07:43
In reply to Re: Deciphering therapists » Waterlily, posted by Dinah on December 2, 2003, at 19:51:29
"Dynamic, developmental, brief" is how her orientation is listed in the directory of psychologists. She doesn't have me do much homework, so I'm pretty sure it's not CBT. She was recommended by my pdoc. They are both professors at a medical school. I generally have a good relationship with her, as we are around the same age and are both mothers and wives. The only thing that may be holding me back is that she is an immigrant from another country...but that country happens to be the same one that my grandparents lived in. I don't hold that against her as I don't think the culture is much different, but it's possible that I might feel different if she had been born and raised in this country. I don't know... I have a book about psychotherapy and she seems to be doing everything right. I just wonder how I can have a depression like the one I just had if therapy was actually working. I don't feel tons different than when I began therapy, although my pdoc, my husband, and my therapist all assure me that I have made progress. I'm sure there is a biological component to my depression because my dad had it and only one of my daughters has it. If it's truly biological, then maybe no amount of therapy in the world is going to cure me. My therapist assures me that it is not her goal to keep me in therapy forever and that she'd refer me out if she thought she couldn't help me. Whenever I tell her that I'm worried that therapy isn't working she tells me that she's glad I brought up the subject and goes into a discussion of how I've changed and how setbacks occur, but as long as the overall progress is forward, it's working.
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