Posted by Dinah on August 6, 2013, at 13:55:08
In reply to Re: do you think of therapy as having a goal?, posted by SLS on August 6, 2013, at 5:08:33
It might have to do with the differences in personalities. The advantages of different types of therapy is that different types help different people.
CBT was of limited help to me. The only thing I would have found harmful about it was if my therapist was determined that it *should* be the answer for me - something I have noticed among various adjunct therapists I've seen. They seem to be quite put out if I don't respond the way they think I should.
I have always suspected that my therapist slipped a bit more CBT into our therapy than he admitted, tho he had the sense not to make it sound like CBT, but more like wisdom. It *always* puts me off to have homework and fill out worksheets and answer questions that, in my opinion, haven't got the easy answers they "should" have.
When confronted with textbook CBT - questionnaires and standard verbiage - I tend to feel even worse than I already do, as well as mulish and obstinate.
I might prefer DBT. I always suspected I would, given its better balance of acceptance of where one is while admitting that change could be beneficial. But in reality if I were confronted with the associated groupspeak, I suspect I'd quickly tune out.
As far as having a goal, I tend to agree with pc. My goals in therapy may shift over time, but what is wrong with having ongoing treatment for an ongoing condition?
That being said, I suspect the end of therapy will be when I've internalized my therapist enough to not see any real benefit in consulting him in times of stress. Or, as what sometimes happens with children and parents, when I strongly suspect he's no more capable than I am of dealing with something and see no real added value in his assistance. (Which is not to say that I will feel capable, merely that I won't think he's capable either.)
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