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| Sun, 05-30-2004 - 10:53am |
I am wondering what type of therapy has worked for you and what allowed you to make real changes in your life.
Thanks,
Mary
Edited 5/30/2004 12:18 pm ET ET by rochestermary

Hi from another Mary!
I suppose I've been lucky.
Family Systems Therapy is also really powerful. It helps you to see how your family system created who you are. YOu get to see how your family pretty demands that you have the role that you have in relation to them and to the rest of your life. I think that if you can identify those patterns andmake breaks from the past, then you can consciously create the life and person you want to be.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy is the kind of therapy that I talk about most on this board. It is what I have done most recently. I think that with all of the different therapies that I've done, CBT has given me the most insight into how my thoughts and beliefs keep creating my depression. I have such black and white type of thinking. I react to life situations often with judgmental, pessimistic attitude, mostly about myself. CBT basically has taught me that I need to take control of my thoughts by noticing them and stopping myself from believing such unrealistic things, even though it's my pattern.
I also did some psychodynamic stuff with a psychiatrist when I was a teenager. That was a huge wasted of money! Aack! I don't believe in that style of just talking stuff out and the guy gives you some feedback after 8 or 10 sessions. That was ridiculous.
Hope this helps.
MariaC
I am a firm believer in Cognitive Behavoir Therapy!
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