Hi.
Ive recently been diagnosed with 3 personality disorders along side my three anxiety disorders. (In my sig)
Ive had lots of cbt on the past for my anxiety disorders and the 'magic moment' in cbt is when you do a exposure response prevention excersise. Dont engage on safety behaviours- and then very importantly reflecting on what happened and challenging the validity of your beliefs.

Now for intergerative I dont have a clue. It seems very client led and the T picks up on things i say, my body language, hidden emotions (that i thought were hidden.. but i guess not) and challenges them.
Where is the change/transformation with this therapy?
I feel like all were doing is talking. It is early days...

I assume i have to take the alternative viewpoint presented to me and consistently apply it in my life? But that sounds so incredibly hard... how can you be ontop of things all the time like that..
If so.. how long until one sees results?
I really want to engage with this but i dont feel i have a handle on what im supposed to be doing. Very different to cbt.

C5