harasgenster
13-01-11, 23:21
Hi
I have put myself on the waiting list of CBT but there's a while to wait before I get an appointment. I'm a bit anxious about doing it because the last person I saw was a psychotherapist and it didn't suit me.
He did this thing where he'd really obvious yawn and look bored when I was talking, or look away and fiddle with something, then when I didn't react to that he started telling me he was really bored etc. He said something about me "just rambling on" or something to that effect and when I asked him what I should be talking about he just shrugged. He was obviously trying to make me angry for a reason (but I don't understand what it was) but I'm not really the right personality for it. When people deliberately try to get a rise out of me I immediately get competitive and pretend I haven't noticed - something I've learned from school, I suppose, nothing more frustrating to a bully than having someone agree with what they say and remain calm!
I was just wondering if these kinds of techniques get used in CBT? I'm not sure they'll work on me for the above reason, I'm not really keen on playing along like that. He didn't seem to like it that I didn't get emotional etc about things. Will CBT therapists want me to get emotional or talk about my childhood or anything? I felt like we were wasting time talking about mine, nothing he said really rang a bell.
Or is this just part of psychotherapy? Bit worried I won't be suited to any of this!
I have put myself on the waiting list of CBT but there's a while to wait before I get an appointment. I'm a bit anxious about doing it because the last person I saw was a psychotherapist and it didn't suit me.
He did this thing where he'd really obvious yawn and look bored when I was talking, or look away and fiddle with something, then when I didn't react to that he started telling me he was really bored etc. He said something about me "just rambling on" or something to that effect and when I asked him what I should be talking about he just shrugged. He was obviously trying to make me angry for a reason (but I don't understand what it was) but I'm not really the right personality for it. When people deliberately try to get a rise out of me I immediately get competitive and pretend I haven't noticed - something I've learned from school, I suppose, nothing more frustrating to a bully than having someone agree with what they say and remain calm!
I was just wondering if these kinds of techniques get used in CBT? I'm not sure they'll work on me for the above reason, I'm not really keen on playing along like that. He didn't seem to like it that I didn't get emotional etc about things. Will CBT therapists want me to get emotional or talk about my childhood or anything? I felt like we were wasting time talking about mine, nothing he said really rang a bell.
Or is this just part of psychotherapy? Bit worried I won't be suited to any of this!