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beautiful freak
psychoanalytical therapy
Has anyone got any experience of psychoanalytical/psychodynamic/jungian therapy.
I have been told that I need a couple of years of this therapy as my depression is so deep seated and started at such a young age due to a massive trauma at nearly age 3. I don't know if I am just a cash cow. If I don't do it will I regret it in 2 years time? I have already been on the NHS talking therapy, Mindfulness individual and group (CBT) and CAT (cognitive analytical therapy), none of which have worked. I am in my 40s and sick of feeling like this and keeping my life on hold hoping the next therapy will work.
Any help gratefully received!!
I have been told that I need a couple of years of this therapy as my depression is so deep seated and started at such a young age due to a massive trauma at nearly age 3. I don't know if I am just a cash cow. If I don't do it will I regret it in 2 years time? I have already been on the NHS talking therapy, Mindfulness individual and group (CBT) and CAT (cognitive analytical therapy), none of which have worked. I am in my 40s and sick of feeling like this and keeping my life on hold hoping the next therapy will work.
Any help gratefully received!!
Discomatt
Re: psychoanalytical therapy
Hello,
I've been having Jungian analytical psychotherapy for 5 years now.
I cant say what will work and what wont work for you as we are all different. CBT can be great for some but not all. CBT is seen as the wonder therapy but it is limited. It gets quick results and is great for changing existing thought patterns but seldom gets to the root cause of the problems.
The above therapies are recommended for more indepth analysis, whereby the uncovering of the problems may be difficult. You'd be amazed at what we block out!
Many people associate "depth" therapies with Freudian Psychoanalysis, where the doc sits in silence while the patient does all the talking. This is rather outdated now. The analytical therapist works on the relationship between themselves and their patient, and works to develop rapport and takes a more active role in the conversation making it more two way. It is a much more comfortable therapy than Freudian in my experience!
I am afraid that minds are complex things and this kind of thing can and does take years. Quick, cheap fixes arent the way. Some therapies will claim they can cure you within weeks like NLP, and indeed they can have remarkable results in a matter of hours, but they are not likely to unlock the dark secrets or untangle the matted webs we weave in our minds.
Regardless of the method of therapy, THE most important thing is to get a good and competent therapist. A therapist who you feel comfortable with and can develop a relationship with.
It will take as long as it needs to take. It could be 6 months or 6 years. That is up to you if you go private. NHS is usually 16 weeks i believe?
Best of luck!
Hope this helps a little.
Matthew
I've been having Jungian analytical psychotherapy for 5 years now.
I cant say what will work and what wont work for you as we are all different. CBT can be great for some but not all. CBT is seen as the wonder therapy but it is limited. It gets quick results and is great for changing existing thought patterns but seldom gets to the root cause of the problems.
The above therapies are recommended for more indepth analysis, whereby the uncovering of the problems may be difficult. You'd be amazed at what we block out!
Many people associate "depth" therapies with Freudian Psychoanalysis, where the doc sits in silence while the patient does all the talking. This is rather outdated now. The analytical therapist works on the relationship between themselves and their patient, and works to develop rapport and takes a more active role in the conversation making it more two way. It is a much more comfortable therapy than Freudian in my experience!
I am afraid that minds are complex things and this kind of thing can and does take years. Quick, cheap fixes arent the way. Some therapies will claim they can cure you within weeks like NLP, and indeed they can have remarkable results in a matter of hours, but they are not likely to unlock the dark secrets or untangle the matted webs we weave in our minds.
Regardless of the method of therapy, THE most important thing is to get a good and competent therapist. A therapist who you feel comfortable with and can develop a relationship with.
It will take as long as it needs to take. It could be 6 months or 6 years. That is up to you if you go private. NHS is usually 16 weeks i believe?
Best of luck!
Hope this helps a little.
Matthew
beautiful freak
Re: psychoanalytical therapy
thank you and yes eels fan.
I'm about to go and have first session. Met new therapist on monday and she is very nice. lets hope she's not too nice.
I'm about to go and have first session. Met new therapist on monday and she is very nice. lets hope she's not too nice.
Barking Badger
Re: psychoanalytical therapy
Hi Beautiful Freak,
I found that CBT was super helpful to me, second time around. It wasn't a 'cure' but I did find that, once my penny dropped, it did give me the tools to begin managing my mental health, and more importantly in my case, it taught me how to begin to recognise my triggers. It was like pruning the problem so that I was able to attempt tackling the roots. (Like you, trauma in childhood plays a major role in some aspects of my MH.)
The course itself was very short, but I took what I learnt and kept working on it in my own time for months, and years, afterwards. It's the homework they never tell you about that really seemed to make the difference for me. CBT really helped me but I know that isn't the case for everyone.
Because I'd got myself 'well enough' through CBT, I was able to handle 18 months of psychoanalytical therapy. My therapist at the time always said that therapy should come with a health warning, and he was right. He was one of those doctors who did just, pretty much, sit in silence. I found that absolutely infuriating. It just didn't suit my personality type at all. If I wanted to talk to a brick wall then I could do that at home. I know myself quite well, probably all that therapy, and I know what I need, and that wasn't it. That said, in the entire 18 months, there was just one moment where I responded to something in a way I couldn't deny. Everything else about that particular therapy course seemed pointless, still does, but it was utterly worth it for that one moment that I can never put back in the box.
I later found a therapist I did chime well with. We never seemed to do a specific therapy type, we did a little bit of everything. Just as well because I get incredibly confused by all the different types.
I've now come to the conclusion that what really makes a huge difference to me is having a therapist that can work with my personality type, and not the specific type of therapy. I need to laugh, and I need a therapist who can laugh with me. When I found this therapist, one of the first things we had to do was attempt to undo all the misconceptions of how I thought therapy should be. Misconceptions that had been built up by seeing numerous therapists who just weren't a good match for me personally.
I don't know, it's such a personal thing, and you never know whether something will help until you try it. Even then it maybe months or years before you really feel the benefit of it.
I hope it is going well for you so far.
crow
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I found that CBT was super helpful to me, second time around. It wasn't a 'cure' but I did find that, once my penny dropped, it did give me the tools to begin managing my mental health, and more importantly in my case, it taught me how to begin to recognise my triggers. It was like pruning the problem so that I was able to attempt tackling the roots. (Like you, trauma in childhood plays a major role in some aspects of my MH.)
The course itself was very short, but I took what I learnt and kept working on it in my own time for months, and years, afterwards. It's the homework they never tell you about that really seemed to make the difference for me. CBT really helped me but I know that isn't the case for everyone.
Because I'd got myself 'well enough' through CBT, I was able to handle 18 months of psychoanalytical therapy. My therapist at the time always said that therapy should come with a health warning, and he was right. He was one of those doctors who did just, pretty much, sit in silence. I found that absolutely infuriating. It just didn't suit my personality type at all. If I wanted to talk to a brick wall then I could do that at home. I know myself quite well, probably all that therapy, and I know what I need, and that wasn't it. That said, in the entire 18 months, there was just one moment where I responded to something in a way I couldn't deny. Everything else about that particular therapy course seemed pointless, still does, but it was utterly worth it for that one moment that I can never put back in the box.
I later found a therapist I did chime well with. We never seemed to do a specific therapy type, we did a little bit of everything. Just as well because I get incredibly confused by all the different types.
I've now come to the conclusion that what really makes a huge difference to me is having a therapist that can work with my personality type, and not the specific type of therapy. I need to laugh, and I need a therapist who can laugh with me. When I found this therapist, one of the first things we had to do was attempt to undo all the misconceptions of how I thought therapy should be. Misconceptions that had been built up by seeing numerous therapists who just weren't a good match for me personally.
I don't know, it's such a personal thing, and you never know whether something will help until you try it. Even then it maybe months or years before you really feel the benefit of it.
I hope it is going well for you so far.
crow
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