Posted by Medusa on December 26, 2003, at 13:28:16
In reply to Therapist Orientation? CBT or psychodynamic?, posted by mattdds on December 26, 2003, at 1:52:24
Matt, how would you categorize family systems therapy? Based on therapy duration and session structure, I'd place it more in the behavioral camp, but it probably depends on the practitioner. Then again, a lot of the theories, such as differentiation of self, have root in psychoanalytic thinking.
I went through years of psychodynamic therapy, and it didn't get me what I wanted. (Nor did I get to experience the thrills of transference/countertransference, so I must have been doing something wrong.)
I've found a lot of help and insight and relief in writings by Michael Kerr and Murray Bowen - here's a link to a description of Bowen theory:
http://www.georgetownfamilycenter.org/pages/theory.html
I'd be really interested in discussing this more (as well as more about CBT/DBT) - I've felt discouraged, a real outsider, by the slant of this board, but I don't know of other discussion boards.
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