Posted by gardenergirl on November 8, 2004, at 11:24:27
In reply to Re: CBT, posted by sunny10 on November 8, 2004, at 11:07:18
Hmmm, perhaps you are a good actress, because I seem to have been off-base with my other post. I think you have a similar experience to me...yeah, you can identify and re-frame what's illogical, but like you said, feelings are not logical on the surface. My own belief is that they are very logical if you can dig deep enough to get all the "facts" related. But that involves looking at your past experiences, your unconscious, and perhaps also examing transferential relationships. CBT is not designed to do that.
So what should you do? Good question. I am frustrated with practicing psychology (as a trainee) within a medical model. CBT is much more conducive to that model. Patch em up, folks. We'll see them again if it happens again. Ummmm, wouldn't it be nice if we can help prevent it from happening again? Psychodynamic therapy can help those who feel they need to go deeper than CBT in order to feel whole. But it works better within a psychological model, rather than a medical.
Is there any way you can try out a new T with a different orientation? I forget exactly what your circumstances are. Perhaps you can discuss this with your current T?
Sorry I can't be more help. Just feeling a bit cynical today...
gg
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