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I have tried a lot of different therapies over the years - CBT, mindfulness, existential, psychodrama, Jungian, Gestalt, group therapy.
I have been doing psychoanalysis for the past two years. It appeals to me because the aim is to explore childhood issues in a much deeper way which leads to a deep level of insight and change. It is also very unstructured in terms of what happens in the sessions - ie. a focus on free association - saying whatever comes into your mind without screening, in order to bring unconscious material into consciousness. I like the unstructured nature in some ways because it means I am in charge of whatever I express/wherever I go in the session. The therapy is very boundaried and contained, which also appeals to me. However, I also find the unstructured nature of the sessions really frightening at times, and I find it hard to regulate how deeply I go and therefore I often become overwhelmed by the feelings and memories that come up.
I have been writing, in a separate thread abut my erotic transference process, which is an often expected part of this psychoanalytic process. However, I decided to started a new thread as my current therapy struggles are not so much to do with erotic transference, but more the general and "mother" transference I am experiencing.
I'm just wondering of anyone else wth CSA issues has been in/had success with/struggled wth this type of therapy.
Source: Psychoanalytic psychotherapy/psychoanalysis
I have been doing psychoanalysis for the past two years. It appeals to me because the aim is to explore childhood issues in a much deeper way which leads to a deep level of insight and change. It is also very unstructured in terms of what happens in the sessions - ie. a focus on free association - saying whatever comes into your mind without screening, in order to bring unconscious material into consciousness. I like the unstructured nature in some ways because it means I am in charge of whatever I express/wherever I go in the session. The therapy is very boundaried and contained, which also appeals to me. However, I also find the unstructured nature of the sessions really frightening at times, and I find it hard to regulate how deeply I go and therefore I often become overwhelmed by the feelings and memories that come up.
I have been writing, in a separate thread abut my erotic transference process, which is an often expected part of this psychoanalytic process. However, I decided to started a new thread as my current therapy struggles are not so much to do with erotic transference, but more the general and "mother" transference I am experiencing.
I'm just wondering of anyone else wth CSA issues has been in/had success with/struggled wth this type of therapy.
Source: Psychoanalytic psychotherapy/psychoanalysis
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