{"id":179,"date":"2015-04-14T17:18:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T17:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/?p=179"},"modified":"2015-04-14T17:48:01","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T17:48:01","slug":"therapist-session-6-of-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/2015\/04\/14\/therapist-session-6-of-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Therapist Session #6 of 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/04\/therapy-Flickr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/04\/therapy-Flickr.jpg\" alt=\"therapy-done\" width=\"650\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/04\/therapy-Flickr.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/04\/therapy-Flickr-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve finally finished my six session NHS therapy.<\/p>\n<p>3 sessions with one therapist- an older, intelligent lady who offered a few insights but ultimately became frustrated that I couldn&#8217;t\/wouldn&#8217;t fit her CBT molds or models and was unable to relate to her diagrams of how I supposedly think.<\/p>\n<p>3 sessions with another lady. She was nice and more focused on the idea of acceptance rather than change. Throwing the idea of mindful meditation into the mix as homework.<\/p>\n<p>6 one hour long sessions were barely enough to touch the sides, but that&#8217;s all you get unless able and willing to go with private treatment. It proved to be a small help while it lasted- offering a forum to consider myself and my mind, but certainly not life changing. Fortunately I wasn&#8217;t relying on it helping too much and it met my low expectations.<\/p>\n<p>One big problem I still have with conventional therapy \/ CBT are &#8216;Thought records&#8217; like this one:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/04\/ThoughtRecordsheetmock1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-181\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/04\/ThoughtRecordsheetmock1.jpg\" alt=\"ThoughtRecordsheetmock1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/04\/ThoughtRecordsheetmock1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/04\/ThoughtRecordsheetmock1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>The idea is to record a negative thought process, state facts that justify the thought, facts that don&#8217;t, then re-evaluate the thought in a more balanced way. I used theme park rides as an example to fill this sheet out, but I get stuck. It doesn&#8217;t make sense to me. It almost feels like I&#8217;m being asked to disregard the evidence and first hand experience which generate my current thought processes and be able to invent opposing evidence. Perhaps I need help defining each column or reinterpreting what &#8216;facts&#8217; mean?<\/p>\n<p>Completing the sheet might be pointless anyway if I doesn&#8217;t actually help me make any lasting positive changes in my life.<\/p>\n<p>I think if possible I need to find like-minded people to discuss my ideas, thoughts and feelings with and I&#8217;m sure they would prove to be as helpful as therapy, if not more so. Or at least more helpful than therapy I&#8217;m used to receiving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve finally finished my six session NHS therapy. 3 sessions with one therapist- an older, intelligent lady who offered a few insights but ultimately became frustrated that I couldn&#8217;t\/wouldn&#8217;t fit her CBT molds or models and was unable to relate <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/2015\/04\/14\/therapist-session-6-of-6\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Therapist Session #6 of 6<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p68SmO-2T","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}