Posted by CareBear04 on March 15, 2006, at 12:06:57
In reply to Re: What does it mean when a T does mostly CBT?, posted by Racer on March 15, 2006, at 11:56:15
Thanks for all your replies, everyone. I have an appointment with this new T on Friday, and I'm really nervous. Part of the reason I was more willing to give CBT a try is that I just had a T who specialized in psychodynamic. He's in training for psychoanalysis. It didn't go well at all. He would always wait for me to talk first, and that would just lead to these loooong silences. He made me feel like anything I said would be wrong. In part, I think it was because our personalities didn't match at all. I'm hoping that at least I'll like this new T as a person and find it easier to talk to her.
I've read the _Feeling Good Handbook_ and I agree that CBT often seems oversimplified, like, "just change your thinking..." duh... if only it were that easy. I don't think my thinking is really that faulty the way it used to be when I would blow everything out of proportion. I think I'm just at an age where I need someone to talk to about a lot of overwhelming decisions and things going on in my life. Can a CBT T help with that?
THanks again,
CB
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