Posted by fallsfall on December 21, 2003, at 20:51:13
In reply to psychoanalysis vs. CBT, posted by naiad on December 20, 2003, at 7:16:04
There are real differences between the different therapy approaches. I was able to get some idea of how they work differently by reading some "case studies" in the different orientations. You probably would have to go to a University library to find them.
I believe that we each need different things (even at different times), and the key is to find the best match for you right now. Please talk to your therapist about how you are feeling and ask about the other orientations. You might want to "interview" a therapist from a different orientation and ask them to explain how they work. I think that if you did that, you would find some of them made "more sense" to you, and that is probably the direction you should go in.
Just to balance this thread a little...
I did CBT for 8 1/2 years. I learned a lot of important skills that I use every day. But it didn't "fix" my problems - it just taught me how to "cope" with them. That wasn't enough for me. Now I'm in Psychodynamic therapy (he does Psychotherapy of the Self), and I'm finding it suits me much better. I don't know that I could have started with Psychodynamic, though.
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