I am so in agreement with your Therapist. Just from this forum I have rarely seen anyone go from point A to point B by knowing their diagnosis. Many times I wonder if this is not what hold many people back from healing. These are my opinions only.

If your therapist gave you a diagnosis will you then be satisfied to read everything you can about it, then work on each symptom you have based on the DSM? Then you will be cured?

My therapist was like yours, no diagnosis. She treated the symptoms of what I was experiencing, and presenting. Yes, she has a theoretical base that she leans on, yet, her treatment was individualized for me.

People on this forum pathologies others based on diagnosis. Can you be different? will you be different with yourself? Your Therapist is offering you a great opportunity to work on what you bring to him, no preconceived notions on how he has to work with you or treat you because of some label. Labels can be very powerful in all cultures — negative or positive, but very seldom neutral.

Interesting tidbit: I paid out of Empty pockets ($$$$) for testing to get a diagnosis once I completed therapy. It was planned previously to wait when I was haranguing my therapist for a diagnosis based on what a poster and her bandwagon said. Well that was a waste of time and precious funds. She had no diagnosis; depression did not register, very minimal anxiety, but patient knows how to regulate these brief moments, no axis ll, a medical disorder, that does not interfere with daily living. I wish I did not throw the paper work away, so that I could quote directly — it's long gone in the ash can. My ex therapist spoke to the testing psychologist after the fact, briefly and didn't even want a copy for my files, because it provided nothing new.

My ex therapist refuses to take insurance, including providing a super bill, because she does not believe in labeling, and she wants to always be truthful when she puts her name on it.

Best of luck to you diving into your work at hand.