I wonder why you would think I would be offended by a rant you wrote about CBT? Have I said something to make you think I am a CBT champion?

Eventhough I know must T's are ecelectic, it seems sometimes like the only thing out there is CBT, so it gets really easy for me to assume that everyone champians the "be positive"....anyway! lol, I'm also very self-conscious of my posts, and I must of felt like I was picking apart what you said too much instead of trying to understand where you were coming from.

If I catch myself doing it in therapy, I try to make myself stop, rather than having someone break it down (sounds so harsh!).

"Break down the resistance", lol. It's what my T taught me about talking about uncomfortable or tramatic things; sometimes I'll get to a place and I'll be like "I don't want to go there!" and to "break it down" for me, she'll ask, "how come" or "why do you supposse you don't"...that kind of stuff.
Makes me smile, I hate it, but it helps me examine myself.

This rings true for me also! I have reclaimed a lot of energy in my life by learning to not hold in all my feelings (for me it was not just bad feelings, but good feelings too). I owe this to therapy. I am still a neophyte at this, but I have found that all that energy that I put into holding my feelings back and stuffing them deep inside can be freed up by stopping keeping such a tight hold on everything.

Wooow, humanists do that too? I would love to study that type of therapy also. That one does seem to be a lot more underground then even psychoanalysis. So cool T uses the humanistic style as well. Does your T teach you what method he/she is using and why? I donno, somethings, like object relations theory, would not have been as solid for me just reading out of a book.

I agree with your mentor. For me too the emotional work is the most important. Coupled with insight, it can be even more powerful. For me a challenge is to bring a new way of being I experience in therapy out into the light of day. Objtrbit, it sounds like your mentor is really a good fit for you. And it sounds like you're really making some great strides. Hope that continues for you.