[caseygirl]

I've often wondered that. You see your T as all put together but I suppose they have problems of their own. Maybe they know how to deal with their clients, but for themselves, maybe they need a T to talk to also.

[PeeJay]

Yes! I wonder. I'm going to ask T about it.

[Nerak67]

I don't think so because my cbt t rolls his eyes at the psychodynamic stuff.

[doyoutrustme]

I think a good therapist either is or was in therapy.

As Nerak67 points out though, people who are strictly CBT probably don't.

Originally Posted by doyoutrustme

I think a good therapist either is or was in therapy.

As Nerak67 points out though, people who are strictly CBT probably don't.

Why wouldn't a CBT therapist go to therapy? Psychodynamic therapy isn't the only valid therapy out there. My T, who happens to be pretty behaviorally oriented, does go to therapy himself. I don't know what kind and it really isn't my business.

[Raging Quiet]

My T often talks about her days in therapy.

[tinyrabbit]

I know my T sees a supervisor to oversee his work.

I know he has had years of personal therapy. I don't know if he's still in therapy now, but he has worked through his stuff, I know that much.

[anilam]

You mean therapy and not supervision?
Supervision I asked about, therapy I didn't- it didn't even cross my mind my T would. I know he used to- 500 hrs of therapy is one of the requirements to be licenced.

[GeorgiaGirl413]

Originally Posted by Raging Quiet

My T often talks about her days in therapy.

Mine as well.

[BonnieJean]

When I asked my T she said she has been in therapy sporatically when the need arises. I know she was when I first started therapy but I don't know about recently.

[doyoutrustme]

I would think that a CBT therapist who "balks" at psychodynamics might not feel the need to be analyzed. maybe for '12 sessions or less'

I am biased though. CBT feels like a mixture of Math and the "Stop it!" sketch from the bob newhart show, to me.

[Favorite Jeans]

My T has said that she's in therapy. I don't think I'd trust a T who hadn't spent considerable time in therapy.

Originally Posted by doyoutrustme

I would think that a CBT therapist who "balks" at psychodynamics might not feel the need to be analyzed. maybe for '12 sessions or less'

I am biased though. CBT feels like a mixture of Math and the "Stop it!" sketch from the bob newhart show, to me.

Definitely biased. How do you know a T who uses CBT in his practice is necessarily against psychodynamics? And CBT is not always limited to 12 sessions. Mine sure hasn't.

[doyoutrustme]

Originally Posted by Nerak67

I don't think so because my cbt t rolls his eyes at the psychodynamic stuff.

Originally Posted by 1914sierra

Definitely biased. How do you know a T who uses CBT in his practice is necessarily against psychodynamics? And CBT is not always limited to 12 sessions. Mine sure hasn't.

I am TOTALLY biased but my comment was based on a previous specific comment. My T does a blend of all kinds of therapy, including CBT, but I told him after reading the David Burns CBT book that it was just too much like math. That and it feels invalidating to have to mentally contradict yourself all the time.

[FeelTheBurn]

I couldn't imagine seeing a T who hadn't been through therapy herself. I wouldn't trust that she could manage her own issues and counter-transference, or understand the process from the client's point of view.

I know mine has in the past, and she has a supervisor now but I'm not sure if she's doing personal therapy at this point. Not my business.

Originally Posted by doyoutrustme

I am TOTALLY biased but my comment was based on a previous specific comment. My T does a blend of all kinds of therapy, including CBT, but I told him after reading the David Burns CBT book that it was just too much like math. That and it feels invalidating to have to mentally contradict yourself all the time.

I hate that book. Much too **** to me. There are much better ones out there that don't nitpick every thought to death.

[Morgansangel]

My old T did, she told me about it, said she got some of her ideas from things that worked for her

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by caseygirl

I've often wondered that. You see your T as all put together but I suppose they have problems of their own. Maybe they know how to deal with their clients, but for themselves, maybe they need a T to talk to also.

dont have to wonder my therapist has her own therapist, her own psychiatrist and she also has her own favorite specialists/other mental health/physical health treatment providers she goes to when she needs to bounce thoughts and ideas (business or personal) off of.

[Nerak67]

A least in the us I think ts have to go through very thorough therapy. I expect that mine have just guessing they no longer do.

[Nerak67]

Originally Posted by doyoutrustme

I am biased though. CBT feels like a mixture of Math and the "Stop it!" sketch from the bob newhart show, to me.

That's what I like about it. My t has scientific studies to back up everything he does. I am definitely more of an analytical, rational thinker. At least for my anxiety it has worked so much better than psychodynamic therapy. Now I am dealing with depression and I'm not sure the cbt is as good for that as it is for anxiety. We'll see.

[sunrise]

My T is not in therapy, or at least he wasn't when we discussed this a few years ago. Not too long ago, he upgraded his license, and for this, he had to have some additional hours supervision, but this isn't the same as therapy.

I don't understand the discussion about CBT and psychodynamic therapy. I would think many therapists could benefit from therapy and it doesn't matter if they come from a CBT background or psychodynamic. Plus, there are a number of other orientations, not just those two. It could be that a T would want therapy in a different orientation than he practices. I remember reading a blurb from Irvin Yalom's son, also a therapist, and he said that he did a number of courses of therapy, each from a different orientation, and he learned different things about himself and was helped in different ways by each one. When I worked in a psychiatric hospital, I was getting some secondary trauma from the patients, and I worked on this in therapy using trauma techniques. You use what approach will help you, and with a therapist that you have a good alliance with. It didn't matter what techniques I used with patients for me to be able to benefit from my T's trauma approach.

[purplemystery]

I have wondered if my T has gone to therapy. I know for a fact that she at least had to do group therapy because that is the requirement from the college that she went to. I'm guessing she did go to therapy. It hurts to think about it a little. Sometimes I wish I could do a role-reversal, and she could become attached to me.

Yes, my T had a T who was a different kind of T than he was. He recommended that kind of T to me and hooked me up with some free T sessions.

[stopdog]

I know they have both been in therapy. One sees a supervisor. The first one I see I would doubt if she does either at the present time.

[tinyrabbit]

In the UK, Ts are expected to undergo a set number of hours in the type of therapy they are training in. So art therapists go to art therapy, etc.