Posted by fallsfall on December 28, 2003, at 11:51:43
In reply to Re: Therapist Orientation? CBT or psychodynamic? » mair, posted by Dinah on December 28, 2003, at 10:54:44
Interestingly, my first therapist (a CBT therapist) worked with me effectively on self-hate. This does seem a little counter-intuitive, doesn't it? I know very little about how this came about because I believe that I dissociated from entire sessions for weeks while we worked on this.
It resolved when I was able to write a pair of poems that described the evil that lived in me, and how I could exit a cave filled with dangers into the outside world.
My journalling from the time contains very few clues - I have to believe that my unconscious was doing all of the work.
So, how did my CBT therapist, who was unable to help me go "deeper" later in our therapy, accomplish this? I don't know.
I probably still have some selfhate, but nothing like I used to have.
I'm happy to have muddied the waters for you.
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