Hello everyone! First post.

So, I'm living in a foreign country and luckily found an english speaking psychotherapist.

Now, ive had two rounds of it before. First one, great, super. I had another bout during a bad part of my life. She... was terrible. She kept on using the same techniques every time, even tho I told her repeatedly that it was just leaving me stressed and confused... she said "Well lets try again, stop thinking about it" ... cut and paste for 18 months (I held out a lot of hope)

Cut to me 4 years later. I entered a relationship and many issues arose again. I read about what I was feeling and got a psychotherapist here. I told her "btw my last therapist really stressed me out with these visualization and focussing on the colour techniques, I kinda felt traumatized"

"Ok, well we'll do what you want here, anything you feel comfortable with"- my first session last week

This week? What did this lady do? Exactly what I didnt want... "lay down on the sofa, what do you see?"... I dont care! I need coping mechanisms for my anxiety, not thinking about "yellow is an healing colour"... great, when i'm having a panic attack about an instagram post, or a cockroach in my room, i'll remember YELLOW IS A HEALING COLOUR.

Anyone else had this? Bad techniques? Like, its ok for some to just not work with some people right? I consider myself too scientific for this, that first therapist never used it, and I grew and grew. Anyone else actually had this technique?

For me it plain doesn't work. I left feeling frustrated, really regressed and annoyed. I'm an overthinker... colours are nice but relatively benign to me, please, I don't want to be constantly trying to find meaning in the images in my head.

Thanks guys