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Old Jan 24, 2014, 09:04 AM
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Rather than worrying about the future and what might happen if I do/do not change therapy or therapists, what do you want right now? If you want this therapy to work, you decide that and work at making it work. If you want to try a different therapy or therapist then you decide that and see what that is like. Others here in this thread have talked about which therapy they prefer and having two therapists, one for each kind of therapy and other scenarios but you cannot get what you want and need by just reading about other people's experiences?

It sounds like you do not like CBT for some reason, that you are quick to defend against trying any of the methods presented. I remember when my T worked with my to learn something by rote and I hated it and fought, biting, kicking and screaming the whole way but it turned out to be very helpful to me over time. You may want to give CBT with this therapist a different try, grit your teeth and do some of the exercises faithfully, etc. and see if you can get out of your head some and into "doing" some things. It will probably be ugly because you probably do not have much experience in that realm and being/looking like a beginner can be very hard but it is the only way to learn new things. You have to fall off your bike a few times to learn to ride and you have to swallow a lot of nasty water to learn to swim.
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Thanks for this!
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