Re: Pshychoanalysis anyone?

[Anonymous]

Hi KrszyK…..yes indeed I am a huge supporter of talk therapy….HUGE. There are a few differences between counseling and psychoanalysis but I can suggest your counselors or therapist’s schooling is one, length of therapy time is another. The separation between the two is primarily (now this is my opinion) is the approach and the the depth, and most important….the skill and ability of the counselor or therapist you chose.

Counselors generally advise and work toward fixing specific issues while a therapist will likely be more focused on a “life span” review and analysis looking for items or “life tasks” or “developmental tasks” that are either missing or skewed in your life, in some manner……and the repair of those life task shortfalls.

So, generally…. you want to work on specific problems rather than uncover deeper issues, counseling might be an appropriate avenue. However….If you are interested in making deeper life changes, changes in your perspective, or the way you think and feel, along with solving problems, psychotherapy is considered the route to go. I might add, a large consideration is the time one commits to therapy. Indications are….if you know a long time commitment to psychotherapy will be difficult, then counseling might be a better avenue, but the changes may not have the life altering magnitude??? I’m just sayin…….

For me, I chose counseling, but my counselor was more like a psychotherapist, and we went at my problems from the “whole life” perspective. It took years (5) and was really a relearning process from my very foundations. It was the best thing I ever ever did, it has changed me forever. My life has changed so dramatically it would take pages to describe it, and then I would fall short, and fail miserably!!! We never discussed ADD or ADHD, ever. How my brain process(s) never entered into the discussions. We dealt with my perspective, my beliefs how I processed that information , how I acted on it and why……..and if it positively reinforced my life or negatively affected my life. Sounds simple, it’s is kind of, but it took about five years of hard hard work on my part. I could not have done it on my own, I know that….it took the “right guide or therapist” for me to get it done!!! Actually it never stops, although I don’t go to counseling and haven’t for 15 years now…..I own the learnings and the process and it is part of who I am now and will be forever.

I will state again……it was the best thing I have ever done in my life…..for me for my family for everything I do and am. I have no regrets, I live the life I want….I am content beyond words. I am not suggesting I don’t have all the life challenges we all have….I do…..it’s just that now I see them different….I react different. It’s just life….and that is cool with me.

How my brain works or doesn’t is a given…..like my height. What I do with it, and my heart is critical, and I must care for them both!!! I don’t take meds anymore, of coarse I’m retired so life is more relaxed, and I’m not sayin or advocating any of this anybody. This is just “MY” story and “MY” life… if there is something here for you……help yourself….if not, I am enrichened by it’s retelling. Thanks for this opportunity.

Toofat

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