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Originally Posted by deli
it is based very strongly on the positive psychology movement and its philosophy is one of life enhancement. it is usually not a long term thing - you may take a few sessions to identify and work out goals, learn skills to help you get there (time & resource management), but then you have a timeline of when you'd like to achieve them, and you just work towards them and deal with issues that crop up along the way. it is less about emotional regulation and more about achievement so, e.g., i use it a lot in terms of working towards my uni degree but i still need a "deeper" form of therapy to address my long term issues of depression, interpersonal concerns.
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Originally Posted by bluemoon
Of course, this seems short term. Its fine if its together with therapy for deeper issues.
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i think they can work really well together so it doesn't have to be a short-term thing. if it's something you wanted to try you could focus on something positive like being physically healthy instead of thinking in terms of a negative like an eating disorder. i also really like seeing immediate results when i do it to build my confidence, but i have so little focus/energy that currently i'm not really able to. i think i need a bit of a road map in therapy as long as it's flexible. i'm realizing i don't do well with unstructured, client-centered therapy.
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Originally Posted by deli
i think it can be a lot of fun for the therapist who provides this service because it is a challenge but the results are usually fairly immediate/short term and it is generally a very feel good sort of enterprise.
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Originally Posted by bluemoon
LOL! I guess you feel good if you are then cured
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sometimes i find it's good to just feel a bit better when one has been struggling with depression and negative thinking. i'm sure everyone has their own way that works best but i know i tend to do better attacking small problems first and then moving on to the bigger stuff.
Sep 24, 2009, 09:56 PM
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