Posted by fleeting flutterby on May 10, 2009, at 12:14:48
In reply to CBT is not very popular around here. Why?, posted by SLS on May 10, 2009, at 7:01:16
> I get the feeling that CBT is not very popular here on Psycho-Babble Psychology. Why is this?<<
---flutterby: Yes, I have concluded the very same thing.
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> I have used CBT successfully for quite awhile. I don't think it is meant to be a universal panacea. However, I think it has its place to help change thoughts, feelings, and behaviors at the surface. If you get real good at it, you can even help change core beliefs (I am inadequate; I am unlovable). I have seen it help quite a few people to improve their self-esteem. CBT can work quickly, and can often jump-start the therapeutic process.<<---flutterby: yes, I have been helped so much by it. Though, I do have an aversion to relationships so that could be why I feel better about CBT than with psychodynamic therapy or IPT or whatever label is preferred. I'm not sure I want to "connect" emotionally with the therapist and have an emotional dependence --on anyone. was taught(through childhood) that dependence is a weakness and that's how you get devastatingly hurt.
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> I do like IPT, and it has helped me more than CBT at uncovering and working with some core issues from my past.<<---flutterby: Yes, I can understand this, though my old thoughts say this is dangerous ground I'm treading on.(uncovering past)
>> I think CBT is actually meant to be a technique taught by the therapist or by using informational resources like books or seminars for use outside the therapeutic milieu. It is something you can practice all day long as negative messages (automatic thoughts) pop-up. IPT and CBT can work well together. They are not either/or therapeutic modalities. They are complementary.<<
---flutterby: yes, though I think it seems more people reach unhealthy dependence and being "stuck" in IPT than in CBT. i think that's partly why I am apprehensive of IPT-- I've spent my whole life being mentally unhealthy and stuck-- I sure don't want to "pay" someone for that same outcome that I could very well achieve on my own.
It really scares the heck out of me to read how some people day dream that their therapist was their parent or their lover or some other connection......
I wish, like Dinah said-- there was a section just about CBT and the like- that way I could stay away from posts that make my stomach turn in knots.I tried psychodynamic therapy and it gradually increased my anxiety, nightmares and did nothing for my self esteem.(I feel it's damaged me further-- having just it without CBT)
I'm doing better with CBT. I just have a little over a year behind me with it, but I feel I've far surpassed those three years in IPT.maybe like you said-- both would be the best though....... i s'pose i might be ready for a little IPT with this CBT therapist I see..... maybe....
(*she said with a fearful look of apprehension*)an interesting post- thank you for it.
flutterby-mandy
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