Posted by mair on January 15, 2005, at 20:21:39
In reply to new T or quit totally?????, posted by thinkfast on January 15, 2005, at 4:14:02
I was initially referred to my current T for CBT - stress management. Anytime I mentioned anything in my past she told me it was irrelevant. She had me doing alot of homework type exercises, none of which worked at all, except some of it was helpful for anxiety.
Fortunately, she saw that it just wasn't getting anywhere and really without saying anything to me we just sort of evolved into psychodynamic therapy. She does both and I've come to discover that she actually prefers the longer term therapy so I sometimes wonder whether she abandoned CBT with me too quickly, although she still incorporates aspects of it where she thinks it will help. I do know she feels that relationship issues are best addressed in longer term therapy.
Later on when we talked about how things changed, she just said she could tell that CBT just wasn't going to work with me - she said I just wasn't "buying " it.
CBT was good at helping me handle anxiety. It was totally useless in getting me to adopt a more positive view of myself, although I've heard it can be quite helpful for others.
I think different people respond to different things. Psychodynamic therapy is long and slow and hard and costly, but my T is very certain it's what will work best for me if I can stick with it, and most of the time I agree with her.
It sounds to me like you maybe need to be exploring other alternatives.
Mair
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