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Originally Posted by Petra5ed
My personal opinion is to seek out a therapist with a lot of experience, like 20 years plus. I think regardless of education the best ones are those with the most experience. Also, try a handful and see how you feel talking with them. Keep in mind the relationship is said to be most important factor for success, more so than the technique used. That being said some techniques IMO foster more of a relationship than others, for example psychodynamic therapy involves a lot more relationship than CBT (again IMO). Trust your gut on which therapist is best for you. For me, I think finding someone I thought I had a lot in common with, that I trusted was key. A lot of it was totally subjective.
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Good advice. I never "shopped" for a therapist based on their particular therapy approach; in fact, I was totally clueless about such things which I think may have been an advantage. I DID deliberately choose a therapist with a good mid-range of years of experience: too few or too many are possibly fraught with their own issues. (I pick my medical doctors the same way.) I learned that my current therapist, who by far has been my most skilled and most effective, is very behaviorally based, and we have a very strong and healthy relationship, so it really isn't about the approach so much as it is about the connection and dynamic you have with the therapist, whatever their modality, sex, experience, etc.