Hi Justbreathe. I don't mind that you ask and will do my best to answer although it's a complex topic I think!
I have been doing schema therapy. It has led to me seeing myself and the world differently. In this therapy schemas or lifetraps are core beliefs that we grow up with from a very young age if we don't have our basic needs met in childhood. For me an example is the belief that I am different to everyone else and that I am a bad person. This was a basic assumption throughout my whole life, I didn't even realise it was a belief, I just thought it was how it was for me to be alive. In schema therapy, you use techniques from CBT such as thinking about different kinds of evidence, and also imagery techniques which I believe come from gestalt therapy originally, to start to challenge those beliefs and see a different way of thinking and of being in the world.
Also in schema therapy the relationship with the therapist is seen as very important, and I think maybe it's more personal compared with some therapies or therapists. My T is focussed on me but he is not a blank slate. He tells me things about himself. He also encouraged me to contact him outside of therapy by phone, text or email if I needed help or support with something. I resisted this for quite a while but eventually went with it. The relationship with T is I think my first experience of "unconditional positive regard" and of being consistently supported by someone. It has been hard at times but the experience has been quite transformational for me, and it has led to me having secure relationships outside of therapy.
There's a book about schema therapy called "Reinventing your life" which I think explains it much better! I think I've berm so lucky to have this therapy and also so fortunate to work with my T.