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Originally Posted by learning1
Sounds like you want therapists to tell you specific things to do to make you feel better. Is that right? I don't think they can do that. Maybe CBT therapy tells you some specific things to do, like deep breathing, etc. Other people understand CBT more than me. I don't know whether or not you'd believe the things CBT says to do could help.
Anyway, I think therapy is more complicated than them just giving you information. It's about understanding feelings and emotions, because that's what can help you feel better. They are more complicated and less clear and definite than logical information. But I think you already figured that out, so I don't know why I'm saying it  . |
I do not expect them to tell me specific things to do (that may be the one and only thing i do understand about therapy). I do expect them to be able to explain how it works. Then the hope
for me is I could take the Information and figure out how to use it for myself. cBT was not useful for me and the people I consulted on it suggested it was not the approach that would help me.
But why I was asking in this thread is that I am trying to see if the things like I mentioned in my
first post were things others found useful. I do not understand how or why they they are, and to me they do not sound useful (please note, I am not questioning people's responses that they have found these things useful-I believe it when people respond they have been for them) but was curious about others.