Posted by alexandra_k on October 11, 2013, at 19:00:21
In reply to Re: bad t » alexandra_k, posted by Twinleaf on October 10, 2013, at 10:30:15
I think we have similar ideas of what we are looking for in therapy.
The issue for me is that all the clinical psychologists over here are primarily trained in cognitive behaviour therapy.
This thing they do of saying they are psychodynamically oriented comes more from their attempting to make affiliative noises in my direction than from any cognitive or even emotional understanding of how psychodynamic therapy might offer them differences in approach or execution...
I suppose she did ask me a little about how I thought my last therapist helped. I said about the 'experience near' thing - but then also said that I thought perhaps it was traumatising... But then I said that my narrative was coming together so perhaps I'm more integrated than I used to be... I'm not sure that any of this made sense to her even though she smiled and nodded...
I'm not sure how much of what I say she understands, honestly. She managed to say what was on her mind last time. What was on her mind was this: 'I know some people who have done their PhD and I admire you for it'. I think if I had have said 'I know some people who haven't done their PhD and I respect their decision not to' she would have felt... How I felt. I think I have enough empathy to see that...
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You don't comment on something... Normal. I don't know what I'm saying. There is a fundamental disconnect.
I freak her out. She seems to be trying to persuade someone that she is like me that she can empathize with me. I'm not entirely sure who she is trying to persuade... But it is the fact that she is trying... That shows me she is having difficulty...
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