The psychologist I have had for the last 8+ years lets me do the talking & asks very few questions, giving a few comments on what I say.

Last year when I was in the medical hospital for 2 months, my GP called in the hospital's psychologist for 6 days a week(the hospital doesn't have a psych ward). I had just gone through a trauma & my Mother was dying & died of cancer while I was in there. I was having anorexia problems & had to have a central line & IV nutrition. The psychologist from the hospital asked questions & was trying to pull out everything he possibly could.

Experiencing the 2 different types of therapy methods let me realize that being asked questions was something I actually worked best with. It seemed like by asking a question, it let me think of all kinds of things that I wanted to say.

I think that the hospital's psychologist used that technique because people usually aren't in the hospital for that long & treatment is needed more immediately than outside the hospital. It was strange because I never feel comfortable with people that quickly, but there was something about his method that made me feel safe talking to him without getting to know him like my other psychologist.

I think that each psychologist has their own methods they have found that works for them....guess that is why we have to find the psychologists that work for us....depending on our own needs.
Debbie