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CBT is what they call "One person" therapy. The emphasis is on the client with the therapist being a neutral and objective observer bringing interpretation and insight. It's main objective is to heal what is called "structural conflict" For healing parental failure a 1 1/2 person therapy is...

I found the nurturing side came from the bodywork therapists. They were better at handling the emotion that arose and it felt more natural in that situation. It would feel weird for me to do the crying/hugging thing with my talk therapist, but it feels OK with the body ones, they seem to read my...

Try the CBT..... much depends on whether you get a therapist who only does CBT, and does it by numbers, or whether you get one who calls themselves a CBT therapist because they work in the NHS, but then does what suits the person in front of them. There's a lot of research that indicates the...

I've found that doing bodywork has helped a lot. This separates the talk therapist from the body therapist. I did have one therapist who did both in the session (She was a Reichian). Doing both in parallel allowed me to explore each with therapists who were comfortable and experienced in their...

What you're experiencing is normal. Unfortunately our subconscious blocks us from saying stuff we want to say , but fear the consequences of saying. This leads to what therapists call the doorhandle comment, when a client says something that changes the whole picture....... as they leave...

Try the UKCP as well... their criteria for accreditation are more onerous than BACP. Also explore the type of therapy the therapist uses. Personally I steer clear of the Person Centred ones. It takes a while to find a good therapist, so it's worth having short list then having a trial...

In the UK there is a legal requirement to have a sign in a visible space saying that video recording was occurring. To all those people who say "It's OK it's for security, no one is going to see it"..... this depends on the type of camera used. Old style surveillance cameras were...

There was a programme on UK Radio 4 many years ago. It was about a guy called Rufus May, who had been hospitalised as a schizophrenic and then became a clinical psychologist. I was in the car and it was one of those programmes you pull over for. He described how, once you were in the mental...

Find another therapist...... part of the process is for the therapist to "model" behaviour.... key to this is setting achievable and appropriate boundaries. Yes things happen..... but this would indicate the therapist has issues of her own that she is struggling with.... not a good sign

There is a difference between types of therapy...... how the therapy is done. Psychodynamic therapists tend toward zero/minimal self-disclosure and sometimes don't say much at all in the therapy session. I would suspect that the numbers of psychodynamic therapists who have friendships with...

Not normal in marriage. The book-keeper screwed up on a professional level. While you may want to keep your relationship with the book-keeper it's important to tell them explicitly that this mustn't happen again and that you are having problems with your partner attempting to access...

What I've found is that I don't engage much feeling/emotion during talk therapy.... so I am "in my head" most of the time. Apparently this is normal for people who've been through stuff. What I've found is that doing body orientated stuff such as dance/massage/movement is more powerful...

There's something weird going on.... from your first post it seemed that the therapist had identified that the therapy might take a while, and was checking this out with you. You mentioned the financial impact and then felt that the therapist was moving away because they didn't offer reduced...

Modern therapy doesn't look kindly on "dual relationships". This comes from the time of Freudian analysis, however Freud had numerous dual relationships with his clients, but never mentioned them in his writings because he didn't think they were important. THe problem with this is that many...

A personal therapist acts only in the interests of their client..... at the clients own pace.... it's not the therapists place to go digging around in search of "understanding", especially in places the client doesn't want to go. In the "safe and trusting relationship" of therapy the therapist...

This is something to talk to your therapist about..... one thing that your post seems to indicate is that you're responding to how your family behave toward your therapist...... not to how your therapist is responding to your family. Anyone your family like, you want to reject.... which is...

Transference is the meat of many humanistic therapies..... to avoid talking about it is a form or transference in itself. There are stages in therapy... initially there's forming the therapeutic relationship....which is often combined with psycho-education. Then there's a process of building...

Nope... not delusional, just tied into something called the "Drama Triangle" (from a guy called Karpman). Google this, and then it's positive counterpart, the "Winners Triangle" (Choy). This might help you get a better perspective on what's happening and how to change your way of looking at, and...

I think your partner is probably right..... for a therapist to shut down a conversation about such a subject is odd. The relationship has run it's course and you are looking for a new therapist willing to meet you in uncomfortable places, and one that can own their own "stuff" and maintain...

If he doesn't want to see a therapist, doesn't want to take meds, doesn't want to alter lifestyle to reduce a possibly large risk of heart attack then you're living with someone who has given up on life and is waiting for death. However tHere is something interesting with his fear of death...

If he was so certain he was close to death and now he doesn't take the meds then there's something else going on. Initial high levels of support are good, but that needs to then be tailored toward recovery, improving the persons ability to look after themselves. The effort exerted in...

If you swap to the NHS therapist, the length and type of therapy will be determined by the NHS. If you stay with your private therapist, these things are more in your control. OK so the NHS is free, but if you can afford the private therapy, and are comfortable with the therapist, I'd stay...

I'd try to stick with the therapist you like. If your partner is willing to pay then great, go for it. The relationship is the most crucial part of therapy. Yes we can overanalyse things, but often we ignore the gut feeling we get on first meeting at our peril. It's a two way street..... when...

OK... thanks for the context. The anxiety about having PTSD symptoms may increase stress thereby increasing the likelihood of symptoms occurring. The way forward might be something like MBSR, (mindfulness based stress reduction). There are online resources for this and it's something you can...

Talk to a therapist about this, if you don't have one then try the school counsellor... the objective is to put in place support systems so you can function, if you go, or through legitimately not having to go.