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lady_katie
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30 Nov 2012, 1:36 pm

I've been in behavioral therapy for a couple of months now, and to be honest, I'm not finding it incredibly helpful. It's better than traditional talk therapy, but I still haven't made very much progress. My therapist is an AS specialist, and I do think that he's pretty good at what he does, it's just not helping much. Is this typical? I'm thinking about quitting, because even though it's covered by my insurance, I'm not even feeling like it's worth the price of the co-pay. I feel like I'd be better off spending that money on self help books at this point.

Has anyone found cognitive behavioral therapy to be helpful? Maybe I'm doing something wrong?



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30 Nov 2012, 2:08 pm

I don't know about CBT but I go to psychodynamic therapy once a week for the past two years. It took about a year to see progress but I feel for the first time in my life (senior citizen) I am understanding who I am and being realistic. It makes a huge difference to get the right person as a therapist. It should be a good fit as far as getting along and communicating.


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30 Nov 2012, 2:32 pm

Yep, I've been in CBT for a few years. The key is you have to take what you learn in therapy and practice it in real life.


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