Posted by Dinah on November 26, 2003, at 10:07:27
In reply to Re: Terminated/Trying new Therapists-eeeeek, posted by Speaker on November 26, 2003, at 9:58:24
CBT is a very focussed type of therapy that looks at the automatic thoughts you have and how to change them. So it might look at how you interpret events or how you think about things and try to change that.
To be honest, it makes me want to spit nails and punch the person I'm speaking to. And perhaps that has to do with the practitioners I've run across. It seems like pull yourself up by your bootstraps, you can do it, etc. that doesn't acknowledge your perceived reality and your feelings. It attempts to change those feelings by changing your thoughts. But that's just me. It's been helpful for many people.
So if, for example, you were worried about your job, it might challenge your catastrophic thinking, all or none thinking, etc. What are you thinking would happen if you were fired. What is the likelihood that you would actually be fired. What is realistically the outcome if you were. If you have pictures of destitution and family ruin, it would challenge that. That's just an off the top of my head example.
It wouldn't go into the roots of your problem, your history, your conflicts with your parents, or transference with your therapist.
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