Posted by raisinb on January 17, 2008, at 9:34:22
In reply to New to Therapy, New T - Please Help (long), posted by Phoenix1 on January 17, 2008, at 9:01:46
Hey, here are my thoughts for what they are worth:
I know what you mean about "knowing" which thoughts are irrational, intellectually, yet not being able to make the jump, emotionally, to stopping them. I think that's one of the limitations of CBT and why it never worked for me. In that sense I can see what the T is saying.
It seems confusing to me that he's wanting you to open up emotionally after two sessions. I haven't done this totally after two and a half years! I have trust issues, of course--but even if I didn't, it doesn't seem as if it would be feasible to show strong emotion in front of someone after two sessions.
As for clicking, I didn't click with my T until about six weeks into it, when she made one interpretation that was stunningly accurate and triggered all kinds of things in me. It's funny to think how much can emerge from one (I'm sure, well-meaning) statement.
poster:raisinb
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