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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Sat, 02/02/2008 - 19:00
Does anyone have any information on Cognitive behavioural therapy? Has it worked for you? What does it involve ? Is there much chance of a person who has been depressed of falling back into retraction if it works for them at first? How does it compare to prescription therapy?

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Re: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Submitted by mommy2kyra on Sun, 2008-02-03 - 02:16

CBT, and most styles of therapy work hand in hand with prescriptive. The physical side of depression must be battled along with the emotional side. I have been seeing a CBT psychologist for 7 months or so.

This therapy style involves getting you to look at your typical patterns, "core beliefs"; then challenges any negative pattern/s you may have. Different doctors have different ways of going about things. Some may have you filling out forms (to make your problems seem less intense=feel better). Other doctors go over your concern/s more casually in conversation. 

I have been exposed to both styles since May (I think)...still not sure that it's right for me. Personally, I go very much by a "vibe" on whether or not the doctor and I click. He/she could have practically any style and I wouldn't care! What matters, for me, is if the doctor understands my experiences and has sympathy. Not that they have to kiss my hiney, lol! But a big no, for me, is when people minimize my troubles. That's just me.

Chances are quite good for success w/ CBT if you do well and hold yourself to continue testing your thoughts.

In my experience, if you are truly depressed (medium to high level), medications alone aren't going to cut it. Therapy alone won't cut it. And neither will exercise. You're going to have to do them together to have success. It isn't easy at all at first, but it supposedly eases the better you get at testing your thoughts.

Good luck in making a decision. Take care!

Heather

*refractory seizure surgery on left temporal lobe 03/06*

CBT, and most styles of therapy work hand in hand with prescriptive. The physical side of depression must be battled along with the emotional side. I have been seeing a CBT psychologist for 7 months or so.

This therapy style involves getting you to look at your typical patterns, "core beliefs"; then challenges any negative pattern/s you may have. Different doctors have different ways of going about things. Some may have you filling out forms (to make your problems seem less intense=feel better). Other doctors go over your concern/s more casually in conversation. 

I have been exposed to both styles since May (I think)...still not sure that it's right for me. Personally, I go very much by a "vibe" on whether or not the doctor and I click. He/she could have practically any style and I wouldn't care! What matters, for me, is if the doctor understands my experiences and has sympathy. Not that they have to kiss my hiney, lol! But a big no, for me, is when people minimize my troubles. That's just me.

Chances are quite good for success w/ CBT if you do well and hold yourself to continue testing your thoughts.

In my experience, if you are truly depressed (medium to high level), medications alone aren't going to cut it. Therapy alone won't cut it. And neither will exercise. You're going to have to do them together to have success. It isn't easy at all at first, but it supposedly eases the better you get at testing your thoughts.

Good luck in making a decision. Take care!

Heather

*refractory seizure surgery on left temporal lobe 03/06*

Re: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Submitted by bleedingheart on Wed, 2008-02-06 - 00:37
Thanks for your info Heather and Bernard. I will be attending an information session at an epilepsy conference in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on March 1. It helps to have your info to so I have some idea what they will be talking about. 

Re: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Submitted by bernardcwe on Tue, 2008-02-05 - 06:59

I posted quite a bit of info about Neurobehavioral / Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as pioneered by by Dr. Donna J. Andrews and her associate Dr. Joel Reiter at the Andrews/Reiter Epilepy Research Program for my chart. There is also a book - Epilepsy - A New Approach: What medicine can do, what you can do for yourself that helps you work through a lot of the techniques on your own.

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Check out my chart of alternative epilepsy treatments.

I posted quite a bit of info about Neurobehavioral / Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as pioneered by by Dr. Donna J. Andrews and her associate Dr. Joel Reiter at the Andrews/Reiter Epilepy Research Program for my chart. There is also a book - Epilepsy - A New Approach: What medicine can do, what you can do for yourself that helps you work through a lot of the techniques on your own.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Check out my chart of alternative epilepsy treatments.

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