[zadler]

Once you figure out what your issues are, you might however find yourself going to therapists with the questions “what are we to do or what am I to do about it?” And finding they have no answer. Just, “yea it’s a process…”

[submeta]

There‘s a therapy form that can help you in that case as well: Behaviour therapy. But if you try to understand the root causes (in the present) of your problem(s), you need psychodynamic psychotherapy. Both will be helpful. Depending on your needs.

[TheNewsIsHere]

Exactly this. There are multiple types of psychotherapy, each with a particular focus oriented toward particular themes and goals.

It’s easy for the layman to misunderstand how these different types work in practice and for what circumstances they’re well suited.

I once underwent psychodynamic psychotherapy for a serious interpersonal relationship problem that was taking a devastating toll on my life. When I had reached a point where I was ready to discuss what (if any) therapy came next, I thought CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) would be right for me after reviewing the particulars.

It’s important to note that along with different therapies, psychologists are also quite different. There are different schools and concepts that a psychologist may subscribe to or favor, and of course each has their own personal approach and style.

It turned out that on paper I thought CBT would be a good next step, but when I got there with a therapist who specialized in it, it wasn’t what I needed or wanted, and while I liked the therapist, I didn’t much care for their style of rapport building.