Posted by waterlily on January 2, 2003, at 15:07:03
In reply to Questionnaire for rating your therapist..., posted by IsoM on December 31, 2002, at 22:49:01
I had four very shaky 'yes' answers and one very definite 'yes' (the one about having a set plan for the session). My therapist does more of a psychodynamic therapy which suits me just fine.
Regarding the length of time needed for therapy, here's a quote from "How Psychotherapy Really Works, Why it Works When it Works, and Why Sometimes It Doesn't" by Willard - - -lin, M.D. (My computer won't let me write the first three letters of the last name because of the child protection software - Insert a word that starts with "g" and means happy or two men who like each other a lot. Also, I'm not linking it to Amazon.com because I'm a rebel ;o)): "The often interminable time spent in therapy is explained by the fact that change demands not just knowledge of the unconscious; not just knowledge that we are the authors of our own misery; not just knowledge of the unconscious ways in which we manipulate the environment to conform to out preconceived notions of what we are; not just knowledge....To undo the powerful perceptions infused into the very substance of our identity during the critical formative years of childhood requires our going beyond the limits of knowledge." It goes on to chapters entitled "The Therapeutic Alliance" which describes how the unique relationship with your therapist helps to change you, "The Corrective Emotional Experience", and "Advice, Counseling, and Values". Basically, your feelings and emotions have to change in addition to gaining knowledge and that takes a bit of time.
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