I have read two of Sarno's books and also one of his recovered patient's Nancy Selfridge. Dr. Selfridge claims in her book that if you do seek out psychotherapy that it is with someone experienced with jungian therapy. Apparently, she thinks that the other kinds of therapy do not work on people "like us".
From what I understand, jungian therapy is for people who are not comfortable just getting by in society and who need a deeper meaning in life. This is interesting to me since I developed my symptoms around the time I felt "stagnant" in my life and did not feel that what I was doing was making a difference.
I am curious to hear if anyone is familiar with this therapy or has experienced it first hand?
As suggested, I did a search and skimmed the entries. I still didn't see anywhere where anyone claimed that Sarno advocated Jung. All I remember Sarno talking about was Freud. (I read the Selfridge book many years ago so maybe she did advocate Jung, but I don't remember her doing so.) One way to locate a Freudian psychoanalyst in your area is to go to the website for the American Psychoanlayst Association and then go to the membership directory.
I called about twenty people and finally found someone in my area who utilizes jungian in her practice. I have seen her twice and it is still early to tell, so I will keep you posted. My symptoms seem to be getting worse, but I think that it is because my body is trying to distract me from all the emotions we are bringing out. I really would rather not deal with them, but I know I must.
The hardest is change. I have a lot of feelings of responsibility for those around me and pleasing everyone. I also deal with high expectations and nothing ever meeting them, as well as a huge amount of guilt and shame. The interesting thing is that she said I had a "god like" status with myself.
I am also reading the book by Beverly Engel "Healing your Emotional Self" which deals with those of raised by abusive parents.
I definitely believe that everyone needs to find what works for them, since we all have different issues. Maybe it is finding something bigger than ourselves to focus on....Just a thought.
Has anyone tried psychotherapy?
Posted - 05/03/2010 : 16:43:41
