I just wanted to say thanks for posting on here Seshat. I don't see many other people on here whose main issue they mention is depression.

I'm not sure whether or not I agree with Ladyjournalist about not overintellectualizing it. It doesn't sound like you intellectualize to the exclusion of other values since you value being able to trust your t. I don't think there's anything wrong with thinking about the theory, and, you said your t thinks it helps. I would think it could help too- at least better than not thinking about it at all.

Anyway, whatever you think about intellectualizing it, based on what you posted, I agreed with what everyone said about sticking with your t since it sounded like you have a good relationship overall. I'm guessing maybe you live in an area where there are lots of t's since in many places there wouldn't be options to choose between t's who use less common theories or methods like the ones you mentioned.