Posted by violette on September 12, 2010, at 12:38:08
In reply to Re: CBT made me much worse, actually. *ME TOO*, posted by violette on September 12, 2010, at 12:01:41
This website mentions (briefly) one of those problems i've seen. There is a link at the bottom of the page which describes key concepts of cbt and psychodynamic. Might be helpful for some to read; on that page, there is a link to 4 therapists' overall views, from both orientations. What i've read here seems fairly unbiased..though don't know who runs the site.
This could be related to what i said earlier:
"Others find they dont like the way CBT downplays emotions while seemingly overemphasizing the logical and thought-oriented components of one's mental life."
If you already tend to do this through using defenses at the medium-healthy level - intellectualization and rationalization - related to compatmentalized thinking/compartmentalizing emotions, how's it gonna help change your inner state, leaving emotions unintegrated with the psyche? Anyway, here's where that came from:
CONS of CBT
While some people find CBT helpful, others dislike it, feeling they are being talked out of their emotions. Some find that CBTs focus on positive thinking feels too superficial to them, minimizing the importance of their personal history. Others find they dont like the way CBT downplays emotions while seemingly overemphasizing the logical and thought-oriented components of one's mental life. Still others find they dont get the results they desire with CBT and find that while psychodynamic therapy is more of an investment, it is more effective for them.
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