Posted by Meltingpot on November 23, 2009, at 6:03:16
In reply to Re: No benefit to adding psychotherapy to medicati, posted by SLS on November 22, 2009, at 16:05:50
I must say that I agree (for once) with Bleauberry here. I do believe that pscyhotherapy mainly works for people who are going through some kind of crisis.
I had therapy for months (along with lexapro) and the therapist I was seeing I really felt at ease with. We discussed my thoughts, my childhood, we had some mindfulness sessions and I even did some roleplay where I acted out being a child and then switched to my adult self comforting the child (if this makes sense), none of it helped or gave me any insight into why I feel the way I do today. I just don't see why dredging up the past would help, I didn't find it cathartic in any way.
Having said that It was nice to see somebody once a week just to offload about the meds not working and to blurt out all my worries and concerns about not getting better and I really did trust her.
At the end of the treatments, the conclusion by my therapist was that I was fixated on finding a medication treatment to work and I think the insinuation was that I was somehow subconsciously blocking anything else from working. She also recommended I took the Zyprexa a bit more regularly
Finally, my parents did divorce when I was 10 and I did experience some bullying at school so I guess I fit the model of somebody who would or should respond to therapy.
Denise
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