I'd like to think I'm a reasonably intelligent person. I have a master's in social work, so I'm more than a little familiar with mental heath treatments. But the last round of talk therapy I've had was all centered around cognitive behavioral therapy. While I like the idea of attacking distorted thoughts, and I realize that other people have gotten a lot of benefits form it, the actual therapy itself felt so basic to me. It was as if I was getting talked down to and my emotions were totally being ignored because I was a bad girl who forgot her math homework.

Even when I tried to mention this to the therapist, she kept coming back to the mood charts and worksheets and such. It was as if there was only this one method, and even when it didn't work, she was bound and determined to make it fit. As far as I can tel from researching into other therapists, everybody seems to have jumped on the CBT wagon, so I'm not exactly thrilled at the idea of having more of the same.

Am I just so unlucky that CBT doesn't work for me, when it seems to work for everyone else? And what cna I do instead?