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Old Mar 08, 2011, 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by reader1587 View Post
Does anyone know of any providers of either of these in the northeast? They both sound very interesting to me, I'm so sick of straightforward cognitive-behavioral or psychodynamic techniques; I think both of these appeal to the way my mind works anyway…
the reason you are having problem locating something called mentalization based therapy is because in some places its no longer called that. the mental health community around here stopped using that term in 2008 and its since been renamed DBT therapy and CBT therapy and Psychodynamic therapy. and they use which ever approach or combination of skills that work for each individual client.

if you would like a combo of all of them just go to your therapy sessions tell your therapist you are tired of going through the same old things and you want to develop your own therapy using a mixxture of things. then tell the therapist what kinds of things you want to try.

most treatment providers are very interested when their clients come to them knowing what exactly they want to do in therapy and are usually more then willing to try those things or help you locate a treatment provider that can do the things you want to try.

We have a client here that is taking a psych class and wants to try a combination of CBT, DBT, EMDR and Hypnosis. So we contacted county mental health and they have treatment providers over there that are willing to talk with her and see if they can work something out with her using all these techniques.

most people in therapy have individualized treatment plans to fit their needs and problems anyway. so it will probably be quite easy for you to find what you need as long as you are clear about what you need and can explain it to the treatment providers.