Posted by mair on October 6, 2006, at 17:19:09
In reply to Questions about therapy from a newbie, posted by NthnBrazil on October 6, 2006, at 5:19:53
You're well ahead of the game for having just researched some different kinds of therapies. I was far more clueless when I started therapy. I'm with everyone else - the relationship is as important as anything. And for some people (moi), alot of the CBT stuff just doesn't work. I think someone else noted that even psychodynamic therapists will incorporate CBT techniques as well, so they're not entirely mutually exclusive.
My therapist used to jump in to bail me out of those silences. She doesn't do that as much now because we figured out that there were things I probably just wasn't going to get to without the long silences - the silences can be pretty meaningful.
If I had it to do over again, however, I might start out with CBT. Many here probably would disagree, but I've always wondered if things might have been different if my very first therapist had taken a different tack. Once you're entrenched in psychodynamic therapy, it's awfully difficult to switch to something more minimalist.
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mair
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