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Posted - 09/13/2004 : 21:55:03
hi,
Trying to find a psychotherapist in my area . the only analytical one is going on holiday for a year... another potential therapist does Gestalt therapy.. which apparently is very similar to analytical psychotherapy except that therapist is not expected to have answers/be an authority. Instead focuses on the client's perception of reality...
Anyone have experience with it?
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| Burton |
Posted - 10/25/2004 : 21:15:28
I can't answer your question but let me ask it again and bump it up to the top of the forum, I'm curious about Gestalt as well. I've been googling therapists in my area but haven't actually called any. I'm a little gunshy because I grew frustrated with the therapist I began seeing when I discovered Sarno's work.
To be fair to her, what she had to say to me about me needing to experience my emotions physically and needing to express anger kinesthetically turned out to be very helpful but I felt that she disregarded my request to talk about my childhood in an depth way with the aim of uncovering some causes of repressed rage. I know they're there and I have yet to really get at them, I won't bore you with the messy details but I feel I could have PTSD if I didn't think that's probably another TMS equivalent. :)
I feel like I can try to change how I am but to do that I have to understand how I got that way and how my messed childhood contributed to my messed up adulthood. Would Gestalt therapy be applicable to that? Or should I try and find a Fredian? I have to go through my HMO right now so I hope they even cover psycotherapy.
I know Freudian and Jungian methodologies are out of vogue now and that most practicioners take a cognitive or behavioral tack, but I'm hoping to find someone who is familiar with Dr. Sarno and mindbody work and doesn't give the unconscious such short shrift. Going to CA to see Schecter is a financial impossibility at this moment too and I'm not in physical pain at all anymore, so I'm not willing to put it on a credit card like I would, if I was hurting. I'm just making myself miserable with self sabotaging and morbid thoughts about the futility of my personal and professional efforts and the inevitablity of mine and my loved one's mortality etc.
Any input y'all? Anyone know any good therapists of any stripe in AZ?
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