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I feel sort of dumb in posting this. I mean I've run the gamut in trauma therapists in my area so you'd think I'd have found a CBT therapist by now, but no... They all want me to just talk about my trauma. I've done this ad nauseam and it's just like picking at a wound and not letting it heal.
So now I'm thinking that I need to try and find a CBT therapist and throw out my requirement that they be a trauma therapist. Ideally I'd be able to find both in one person, but nope, not in my area. I'm SO tired of every new therapist I see trying to get me to talk about it over and over and over again. They wonder why I still have symptoms but still say "talk about it". I'm very much of the mindset that this reinforces negative neural pathways and don't want to do that anymore. I want to learn new skills that change my mindset.
When I was first diagnosed I went to a therapy group that focused on anxiety and therapy was more like a class where I learned skills as opposed to a 45 minute "whine about the crap in your life" session where nothing is accomplished and nothing is resolved. (Not group as in group therapy rather a group of therapists who focused on treating anxiety through CBT). Maybe I can find something similar here? I need to start searching, but I'm so hesitant. I don't want a generalist who knows CBT and applies it as one of a plethora of therapy techniques.
Is this sort of therapy common? Or did I just hit on a good thing where I used to live and didn't even realize it? I'm kind of thinking the latter....it was started by a director at a top US medical school. Something tells me I'm going to be hard pressed to find anything similar where I am now.
Any tips on what to look for? Or do I just start calling therapists and tell them what I'm looking for?
So now I'm thinking that I need to try and find a CBT therapist and throw out my requirement that they be a trauma therapist. Ideally I'd be able to find both in one person, but nope, not in my area. I'm SO tired of every new therapist I see trying to get me to talk about it over and over and over again. They wonder why I still have symptoms but still say "talk about it". I'm very much of the mindset that this reinforces negative neural pathways and don't want to do that anymore. I want to learn new skills that change my mindset.
When I was first diagnosed I went to a therapy group that focused on anxiety and therapy was more like a class where I learned skills as opposed to a 45 minute "whine about the crap in your life" session where nothing is accomplished and nothing is resolved. (Not group as in group therapy rather a group of therapists who focused on treating anxiety through CBT). Maybe I can find something similar here? I need to start searching, but I'm so hesitant. I don't want a generalist who knows CBT and applies it as one of a plethora of therapy techniques.
Is this sort of therapy common? Or did I just hit on a good thing where I used to live and didn't even realize it? I'm kind of thinking the latter....it was started by a director at a top US medical school. Something tells me I'm going to be hard pressed to find anything similar where I am now.
Any tips on what to look for? Or do I just start calling therapists and tell them what I'm looking for?