Posted by fallsfall on January 20, 2006, at 16:26:25
In reply to It's not my imagination., posted by Racer on January 20, 2006, at 14:24:14
You are not doing it for nothing. I believe there is life on the other side.
CBT is not helpful for everyone. I have had a BPD diagnosis. I did DBT for 6 months, and that was helpful. But CBT only brought me so far, and then I got stuck. I have made incredible progress with a psychodynamic therapist. When I started talking about finding a new therapist with my original CBT therapist she strongly warned me not to end up with someone who I would be seeing 3/week. She absolutely believed that immersing myself in therapy would be the end of me. 3/week is what has saved me. 3/week has let me give therapy LESS of an emphasis in my life.
If you believe that CBT is not going to help you, then don't be afraid to act on that belief. It sounds like your therapist is able to do non-CBT things, and that it is helping you.
About the pdoc. I think it would be worth switching to someone who has more faith in the type of therapy that you are getting. I have really hated when I felt caught between my pdoc and my therapist (in order to please one, I would have to disappoint the other).
My pdoc (whose office is across the hall from my old CBT therapist) has analytic training. So I have been able to stay with him even though I switched therapies. There are pdocs who will give you the support you need at this time.
You KNOW what kind of therapy you need. Trust that.
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