[stopdog]

Did you seek out a specific type of therapy when you chose the therapist?

I was in crisis. I had no idea what to do other than try not to kill myself. I later discovered I was seeing a psychodynamic therapist. She is very good and it's working well for me. I see her weekly. Previous attempts at therapy several decades ago were failures and I scorned it, but recently found that these were all CBT therapists with limited qualifications.

I was open minded and didn't know much about the different types. I knew what CBT was though, and I knew I didn't want that.

I had no idea about different types of therapy. I was just seeking out help and support. I've never had a therapist who specialized in one specific type of therapy; that's been a good thing for me.

[atisketatasket]

I was so naive that I thought all therapy was talk therapy. No idea about specialties or modalities when I started.

[RedSun]

Yes, I'd had CBT before and didn't want that, I knew I wanted a 'talk therapy', humanistic, psychodynamic type.

I found one therapist within an hour of where i live and I went to him. Bad idea.

I went to the only T in the area who practised eco-therapy (therapy is outdoors). I knew i absolutely didn't want to do this in someones office - if that could be at all avoided. I had no idea what his methodology was or what it meant, i just wanted to be outside. Turned out well I think

[divine1966]

No. It didn't matter. I just knew I wasn't interested in group therapy

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[clairelisbeth]

I knew I wanted a psychodynamically oriented T who specialized in eating disorders.

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[Argonautomobile]

Nope. I still don't really know what my T practices. CBTish mindful motivational interviewing? Never asked.

The impression I got from TV was that therapy involved activities like coloring and playing in sand trays. Alas, we just talk.

[Merecat]

Yes, I knew I wanted some Person Centred ie who works with Rogers' theory of personality development and therapeutic relationship. It's worked exceptionally well for me.

[brillskep]

No, I just chose a therapist I knew and trusted. Then I chose his type of therapy to train in because he and his style were so very helpful to me and in agreement with my beliefs and values.

[nottrustin]

I did not seek out therapy. I was talked into in over a period of time by my Medical doctor. She referred me to T to and I went.

[gayleggg]

In the beginning I was so dumb I didn't even know there were different kinds. I just went to one that my pdoc suggested that specialized in anxiety. She worked wonders.

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[nervous puppy]

I did not do much research before seeking help. I just knew I needed someone to talk to about the severity of my depression at the time. I got lucky and ended up with a very good T. I got lucky twice by finding my current T.

[Myrto]

I did no research, I knew nothing about therapy except what I had seen in movies and that was mostly psychoanalysis.
I was referred to a therapist and just went with no idea at all about the different kinds of therapy that existed.
Turns out my therapist follows a humanistic approach: transactional analysis. Honestly if I had read about it prior to seeing her, I'm not sure I would have picked her.

[velcro003]

I selected that I didn't know which would help, but know which ones probably wouldn't work for me. CBT more specifically.

[Out There]

Standard CBT was not for me. Trauma focussed CBT was more helpful among other modalities. But no , I didn't really seek out a specific type.

[junkDNA]

no... i knew he was recovery focused, but i didnt know much about therapy modalities or anything. but if i did have to find a new T i would look for one that uses the same kind of things my T does- trauma informed, mindfulness, psychodynamic, relational/attachment based

Yup, DBT, ACT and CBT

Yes. I was specifically seeking trauma therapy with a specialist in DId and trauma.

[iheartjacques]

I voted other. I know the different types but didn't seek a specific type as most of the ones I've seen have used the best bits out of various styles to work through different types of problem .

[Chummy]

I voted on the third option. I've already had therapies that didn't help me, so I knew what won't work on me. I didn't exactly knew what I wanted. I look for T's that had experiences with anxiety (thought the T's before me should have had that too, according to their websites and said they could help me, but no).

[ThisWayOut]

I knew I needed a trauma therapist (specifically with experience around sexual abuse and dissociation) with a varied tool bag for helping... I knew cbt and dbt were of little help to me, so I definitely didn't want anyone that relied heavily on either of those. I knew I wanted someone trained in emdr... other than those criteria, modality didn't matter.