I posted on the boards a few times about wanting to start CBT. I have a p-dr who also does t and I meet him once a month already. I called into a practice and expressed an interest in starting CBT and then got signed up for a t. At the time, I really wanted to have someone who could do weekends, so I think they had a hard time placing me with someone except for this one person, who does advertise doing CBT. In the beginning, I told her I'd read books about CBT, was eager to address issues with 'automatic thoughts', etc. So far, she has only done talk t with me, and I don't think she likes me very much. I've been coping fine, using moodnotes (a great CBT app/moodtracker for the iphone), etc. I knew I didn't want more talk t, I want something structured to address a specific problem, not talk about general things. So I've been thinking about how to stop seeing her. Any suggestions? Should I try to force her to do CBT? I'd think if she really wanted to, she would've started by now. I've seen her for about 6-8 weeks.
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dx: Bipolar I (Spring 2014).
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