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Update on my shopping experience. I'm terminating with my 2 T's and looking to replace them with one local T.
I had 1 appt with 3 different T. Open to trying one of those another session. But I've seen a different person 2x and have a 3rd "tryout period" session in 3 hours. I'm not shopping again until I decide on whether to stick with him or not.
He's a CBT based T. I haven't had CBT; psychodynamic has been what I've had re: T's approaches. One current T is behavior oriented and thinks I should get a CBT T; the other is psychodynamic and thinks I should seek a T with that orientation.
I have questions about CBT.
It seems like a great skill to have and that it can help with distorted thinking, but it seems more like a tool to learn rather than something for long-term therapy. It seems to me that CBT is well-suited for me as something new, and that it can help with a major problem I have--distorted thinking. However, it seems like it must be limited in scope, i.e. that there are other therapy needs that it isn't well-suited to or does not address. The short-term orientation of it, as I've read about it, has me concerned.
I know I'm being vague; I'm being abstract because I don't enough yet to form many concrete questions. I can't imagine it being enough; good to learn and go through, but not the only thing I need.
Can people comment on the pros and cons of CBT, the limits to it, etc?
Thanks.
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