Posted by Girlnterrupted78 on September 18, 2007, at 0:03:54
In reply to Re: How long into therapy can you see progress? » girlnterrupted78, posted by fallsfall on September 17, 2007, at 14:49:57
> One size does not fit all. How long it takes to feel better depends on you, your history, your therapist, their therapeutic orientation etc.
Yep, you have a good point there.
> CBT works faster than psychodynamic, but it may only address the symptoms, not the causes. For some people this is plenty and they feel better in 6 sessions or 6 months or so.
Interesting. I don't know much about types of therapy and what they do. Do you know where I can get acquainted with this information? I'd like to become more familiar with therapy to be able to actually know what to expect and what to demand from it.
> Psychodynamic takes longer because it works more on the underlying causes. I think that many of us on this board are in psychodynamic therapy (and that is why you will hear about years of therapy rather than months of therapy. Also, people who feel better fast don't tend to look for a board like this, so we all tend to be the "harder" cases).
You're right on that, those people are probably busy living their lives rather than here looking for a cure.
> I would encourage you to ask your therapist about how she sees your progress/or lack there of. Also if you bring something up and she doesn't seem to want to talk about it, you should ask her why. It is more important to talk about what YOU think is important than what SHE thinks is important.
I will ask her, and I will make sure we talk about what I want and think is important. I don't know anything about how the therapy works, so I basically follow her suggestions and instructions, but I definitely should be better acquainted with the therapy method I'm given so that I can use that knowledge to my advantage.> Therapy CAN work wonders. It has helped me to go from only being able to do crossstitch on the couch to almost being done with my Masters in Library Science.
Great to hear that. Has this taken years? Did you need antidepressants for this, or did therapy alone help you with this?
Thank you for your response, it's very encouraging.
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