Posted by LlurpsieNoodle on July 31, 2007, at 6:07:41
In reply to Re: Anybody else do therapy thats not CBT/cognitive? » nickguy, posted by OzLand on July 30, 2007, at 22:35:03
Okay, I'm fairly clear on what DBT and CBT entail. I've been with an "eclectic" T, and now 2 different psychodynamic Ts. one with a bend towards psychoanalytic work.
but what's the difference, practically? What can a client expect in a session? Don't we all just talk and then they say things to help us connect the dots?
I'm intellectually stimulated by using some kind of theory to connect the dots, but ultimately doesn't it come down to ME to make the insights? Or is insight not the name of the game?
And what happens after insight. This is when I typically approach a problem more pragmatically. get out my journal and reproach myself for not having taken better notes on the little CBT stuff that I have picked up.
I got hypnotized once too. That helped end a drought of depression-induced eating.
sorry so dumb. mind is porous. I *bet* I knew this stuff at one point. I picked up a couple of freebie books at the used bookstore a while back. and I have one book relating buddhist practice to psychoanalytic theory that has been useful.
Of course, what's the point? At the moment I can't even read a paragraph of Harry Potter without losing my train of thought between the beginning and end of a sentence.
off to make some oolong. Care to join me?
-ll
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