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Old Oct 27, 2007, 12:01 PM
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I got a notice that my T was no longer in network and it frightened me a little bit. (Found out she was just late getting her paperwork in and should be back on the books before her term expires.) But I went looking to see what was out there. It seems that everyone has a psychoanalytic/behavioral approach these days. I'm wondering if there are any existential/humanistic therapists out there. CBT is very popular, but I don't like it much because it is so superficial. Psychoanalytic has worked for me to resolve things, but I'd like to see a little more relationship and work on developing positive things.

If you know, what is your T's orientation/mix?
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Old Oct 27, 2007, 12:38 PM
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Mine is humanistic and family systems therapy, but throws in other stuff too. I guess he is eclectic. If I had to seek out another T, I would want one from the humanistic school again. That approach really works well for me. (Tried CBT earlier with someone else, and it was not a good fit.)

I think the good news for you, though, Winterrose, is your T is still in the network. That would have been scary to get that notice from the insurance company.
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Old Oct 27, 2007, 01:12 PM
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I also don't care for CBT. My T is a candidate at the psychoanalytic institute in a large city near me and she has been a T for 20 years.

Her approach is psychoanalytic/psychodynamic.

For me, there is more relationship with this T than any other I've had with any T in the 12 or so years I've been in therapies, as most of them were CBT and I didn't know about orientations, theories, and approaches.

I'm so glad for you that your T will be back soon.
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Old Oct 27, 2007, 01:15 PM
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I just learned about Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) and that sounds "kinder"/more interactive than CBT to me:

http://www.contextualpsychology.org/act

It's based on Relational Frame Theory: http://www.contextualpsychology.org/rft

"Through a variety of willingness, mindfulness, values and goal setting exercises, you may find that you can live your life as you desire even as you experience painful feelings and thoughts." From an ACT therapist's website.
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Old Oct 27, 2007, 02:01 PM
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As my T explained himself,

His focus is emotion-centred and interpersonal. I don't know if that is a specific therapy orientation though.

My two previous Ts, one had a very eclectic therapy orientation, and the first T I had, she used narrative therapy. I actually really enjoyed that way of looking at my problems...
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Old Oct 27, 2007, 02:37 PM
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Humanistic therapies are often seen as a varient on psychoanalytic therapies similarly to how psychodynamic therapies are seen as a varient on psychoanalytic therapies.

Self Psychology is sometimes regarded as being on the borderline between psychoanalytic / psychodynamic / humanistic.

One way of figuring it out... Might be to look at humanistic therapies (by way of wikipedia or something like that) and to find out who the major theorists are... If you have the luxury of living in a city where there are lots of options it might be possible to pick someone based on their theoretic orientation.

My therapist does a combination of dialectical behaviour therapy / self psychology / family systems therapy. I quite like that :-)
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Old Oct 27, 2007, 05:23 PM
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Yes, sunrise - it is kind of disconcerting to get a notice from the insurance company versus hearing from your therapist about something like that. I'm glad it was a false alarm. When I asked her about it she said that she was replaceable and that we take our work with us into the next therapy relationship. It might be nice to experience something different sometime in the future though.
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