Type of Therapist

Other. She seems to use the client focused approach.

Like medical model/clinical psychology/ACT/DBT/kinda. We just talk a lot too though.

My T is Existential / humanistic / integrative

Schema therapy - very interesting concepts

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i like schema therapy. i never heard of it before my T started talking about it. he's really into it

Yeah I really like it too

Psychodynamic with a particular interest in "Self Psychology".

Psychodynamic, primarily. Trained in school that focused on psychoanalysis, but s/he is warm, talks some in therapy, very little self-disclosure unless it helps the process, no CBT or DBT. Guess it's mostly like the old talk-therapy, which is working quite well for my particular issues.

Humanistic, whatever that is. Honestly, I thought I was somewhat intelligent until I started looking at different types of therapy. I just don't get it, it is like a load of gobbledygook to me. I am not sure I care that much either as long as it feels right. She is also a play therapist and uses play and creative interventions which is the way we are working together at the moment and I like it. It seems right for me.

Yes! I feel the same way particularly in regards to the different psychoanalytic/psychodynamic theories. I find it all very interesting though. I want to talk to T about the things I have read but I feel embarrassed for some reason.

It feels like cheating to read up on it to me, like the authenticity won't be there. Weird, but I know what you mean about being embarrassed, though nearly everything about me I find embarrassing to myself.

I was referred out by my last T because she felt I needed a psychodynamic therapist. That T had more of an eclectic/CBT orientation and she felt she did not have the proper training to deal with my issues. Looking back, she was absolutely right. I'm paraphrasing because it was 2+ years ago and I don't remember exactly what was said, but we had a lot of back and forth stuff that went nowhere. Things like, "this kind of destructive thinking isn't helping you, so stop" - which is not an incorrect thing to say, but it didn't help me. My current T always wants to know why.

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I voted Jungian, although right now we are not to the in-depth part of that. We're still working on stabilization and life skills type of stuff so at the moment I would say Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and general psychodynamic therapy. We will get into the Jungian stuff later when I am able.

I picked other. My former therapist says she is an existentialist. Eighty-five percent of her business is couples-counseling and that is EFT by Sue Johnson, and that would not have included what she did with me.

There are over 365 different kinds of psychotherapy.

I have no idea, but she did say that she believes that healing comes through connection with other people.

My T never mentioned the types of therapy he uses. After reading about it, I think I've had a mix of (at least) CBT, Schema Therapy and Psychodynamic. He also uses mindfulness techniques.