Posted by antigua3 on March 8, 2009, at 19:26:06
In reply to Re: Differences between male and female Ts » antigua3, posted by Garnet71 on March 8, 2009, at 14:12:33
You've described my contrasting therapies perfectly. My CBT pdoc doesn't really understand that process of I need to know the "whys" before I can make what seem to him to be common sense changes. But, he has come around a lot to my needing to know and uses pyschodynamic as well. When it works for him, though, and not enough, but that's not why I went to see him in the first place. I needed the kick in the pants according to him, after having my T for so many years, and he was right.
That said, I've found some of the CBT techniques to be useful for my everyday life so in that sense we are a good match.
So, I do think the orientation is probably the biggest difference, but there is still the lingering perception by me that he treats me differently because I am a woman. But that could be his own bias, and when he does treat me like a "woman," with all the stereotypes associated with it, I try to call him on it. But it's hard to know where the fine line between orientation and gender is drawn.
Thanks for your comments,
antigua
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