Posted by mandinka on November 10, 2004, at 3:18:27
In reply to Re: Hmm, posted by alexandra_k on November 9, 2004, at 22:56:32
I think another reason therapists are drawn to particular types of therapy is to boost their defenses. CBT would be good for those practitioners who want to keep their emotions under wraps and not really deal for them. A rationalization. I guess it would be ideal for intellectual narcissists.
I completely sympathize with GG. I also believe in long term therapy that reaches really deep and doesn't shun emotions. Emotions are the thoughts of the unconscious and the power of the unconscious is so much vaster than that of the conscious part of ourselves. Besides, how can you fix things that are hidden there in the deep recesses by manipulating just the surface, the conscious part of our brain? It's like fixing a house by painting the siding, while the foundation is crumbling.
I agree that CBT is good for people who do not have really serious problems - especially problems that go right down into the preverbal stage of developement. I guess CBT can train patients to change their thought patterns but - at least from my layperson's perspective - it does little to address in a satisfactory manner the underlying issues.
Then again, I'm pretty radical in my "all or nothing" approach to dealing with problems... ;)
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