Posted by Dinah on November 26, 2004, at 7:25:23
In reply to Re: Different emphasis on attachment - pegusus » littleone, posted by pegasus on November 24, 2004, at 23:39:35
But maybe it's also got something to do with you and what you need, as well as with your therapist.
My therapist does mainly CBT, and he's honest that attachment isn't a whole lot of what he does. But attachment was what I needed, so attach I did. And what was supposed to be a short term CBT therapy on anxiety control and dysfunctional thinking turned into this. :)
Which isn't to say that he never does attachment work, it's just that in today's climate, CBT is what's normally done. And I suspect from what he's said indirectly that at the time I started to see him, he was a bit burned out from the more in depth work. I think he might have been a bit discouraging of attachment even.
So maybe you've chosen what you need this time, while last time you chose what you needed then.
And while it's easier to attach to some therapists than others, I'm living proof that sometimes attachment need from the client outweighs therapist style. :)
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