Posted by baseball55 on February 24, 2013, at 18:42:35
In reply to Re: long road in psychotherapy, posted by deerock on February 23, 2013, at 19:39:37
I never did analysis, so I don't know how exactly that works. My p-doc did dynamic pshchotherapy and encouraged me to find a DBT therapist as well. Both talked all the time about the need to re-parent myself, to talk to myself with the same love and compassion I would give others. Having their example of love and compassion and empathy helped a lot. I became very dependent on my p-doc and wanted him to be my parent, but he explained again and again that he couldn't give me this. So this is how therapy helped me. It also helped because I have a severe trauma background that I had completely buried and I needed to understand that and how that had impacted my views of myself.
I don't know exactly how therapy works. You have to feel trust in your therapist, but you also have to give trust and be willing to change and grow. And like I say, I think analysis is different from regular therapy. It's less interactive.
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