Posted by DaisyM on March 26, 2004, at 17:28:58
In reply to Re: ??? about therapy models » Racer, posted by terrics on March 26, 2004, at 16:12:05
My Therapist has a psychoanalytic leaning with emphasis on attachment and self. (Read: Kohut)We do problem solve and he has tried reality testing with me (I hate that!). I don't know if CBT would work for me because I tend to look for "answers" and minimize my feelings already. I spend way too much time in my own head. I'm smart enough to see what I should do (let people help me more) and to see what I'm just have to learn to accept (my husband's illness). But being smart hasn't "fixed" this intense sadness, lonliness and emptiness I've felt for awhile.
My therapy, as I am experiencing it, offers me an attachment and support I've never had with no expectation that I will have "the" answer. I am learning to be "inter-dependent" and trust other people with my emotional needs. I have a long way to go.
On the flip side, my son used CBT to work on his anxiety. He used meds for awhile and also did a course of Biofeedback. He is now off meds and out of therapy. I think all these things combined gave him the tools he needed to manage his anxiety. He still has it, but it doesn't overwhelm him as often nor interfere as much with his life. I wish I had learned to calm myself at 12! Biofeedback taught him to center and breathe...just like I teach in childbirth ed. I think we should require this to be taught from kindergarten up!
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