I am not currently in therapy.. And when I was in therapy the pastoral counselor never mentioned CBT. I even doubt he has ever heard of it....I just wasted 7 years with that counselor. Every time I tried to quit he would put me on a guilt trip. Reasons I wanted to quit is because whatever method he was using was not helping me, as I was rock bottom when I started, and years into therapy i was UNDER the rock wanting to die. Bottom line is, he was not trained or experienced or qualified in dealing with the issues that he found necessary to dig up...... I found more helpful info online than i ever did in the years in therapy....... To be honest, I doubt I could ever again sit in a therapist's office again. And yes I know there are many good therapists and some not so good. Just the trust in therapy/therapists flew out the window.

Maybe it would be possible to change the way you react to things just by being aware of what needs to be changed and not knowing the "why

I would think there would have to be a way to change the way I react to things even when I do not know the why. Just I haven't found it yet. That is prob why I read so much mental health info online. Guess you could say I am searching for answers.

I think the reasons these questions are coming up now is because a lot of things was just left hanging while in therapy. Just one lil example of therapy.. k... We were working on childhood sexual abuse. k... Then out of the blue the counselor mentions his fav uncle is in prison for molesting children. And that it made him so angry that his uncle is not getting help when there is so much help available for the victims of sexual abuse.. And he talked most of the 45 mins about how awful it is for his uncle. I just sat there. I understand he cares for his uncle that molested children.. but telling me this was inappropriate. Bad timing. Wrong place. Wrong person... I just sat there and listened...
Losing my train of thought ..

I am ok... I am one tuff cookie ...
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