[quote=sunrise;1485308]No, I did this, not my therapist. My therapist provides an environment of safety and trust and openness in which I am able to grow and change, when I am ready. He never said to me that if I learn to access and experience my feelings, that I would have so much more energy. I said all that after it occurred. I simply reported to him what I experienced. He liked it.

It seems like you are getting the most out of your therapy with your own endeavors, for lack of better phrasing, but I think that's awesome. I'm glad you found a T like that.


Not often. That would veer into the realm of my being analytical and wanting to discuss techniques on an intellectual level, which would keep me from doing the real work of my therapy. I have only limited time with my T, so I don't want to discuss method with him, I want to reserve our time for him to help me uncover past hurts, feel them, and put them to rest, etc.

That sounds really psychodynamic/analytic. Whatever that is, it's so cool to hear that you're not getting "be positive" shoved down your throat; (I don't even really think that's what true cbt does, many of my collegues studing it act that way though.)

We do occasionally talk about method, such as when we first did EMDR. It's kind of an odd technique, so I think getting an explanation was helpful to me. My T is my therapist, whereas the person you describe as a mentor sounds perhaps more like an educator (this person is not your T?)?

I have a regular T who is ecelectic but focuses CBT, and a teacher who is teaching me through therapy sessions. So it's kinda the best of both worlds; I forgot where this forum is/was going lol. Guess I'm tired today.

Take care