I'm having to choose a new counselor because my old one is moving. One of them talked to me about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Equine Therapy. I was wondering if anyone has had experiences with this or knows anything about it. I don't want to get into some therapy that will most likely do me no good or I have no idea what I am getting into. Thank You.
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Sorry, I haven't had any experiences of these therapies, I hope that someone else can help. CBT can be really good for helping you to focus on the way you are thinking and how that might be contributing to your feelings. The hope is that if you can recognise your thoughts, challenge them, and replace them with more realistic thoughts, then you'll be able to see things more clearly. Equine therapy is thought to be beneficial because you have the chance to bond with and look after a horse as well as learning the skills to ride it and control it. Horses are also really good companions and can somehow 'read' what you might be feeling.
I hope that everything goes well for you, please let us know how things are. Get in touch any time. Take care. xxx
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CBT *shudders*. CBT is all about yr thinking patterns. Its quite focussed. U may even b given short assignments 2 do. For example, 1 CBT exercise they tried on me was they gave me a picture of a head and in the head I had 2 write all the thoughts down that I have about myself, like "I hate myself", " I am fat", "I am a bad person". Then outside the head they made me write challenges 2 them and opposites. 4 example, the opposite of "I hate myself" is apparently according 2 the therapist, " I love myself" ( I disputed this because I said no1 can love everything about themselves and she said, well no1 can hate everythg about themselves either 2 which I thought I can) and so forth. It usually lasts 4-6months and a lot of people I know have found it beneficial 2 changing. My problem is I dont like talking about myself and I have severe anxiety about commiting my thoughts 2 paper, and I punish myself if I try and feel good about myself, so 4 me, CBT has been really hard, and largely unsucessful. But sucess is quite good, if you're prepared 2b open minded and r willing 2 accept change and new ideas.
I have done a CBT course over the internet that my doctor putme onto, the only thing she did do.
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Thats CBT
and as for equine therapy i ride as a hobby but ive helped work with kids who ride as equine therapy and the changes are surprising, most of them have severe disabilities but it dosent seem to matter arounf the animals.
Hope this helps
I found it made me focus more on my problems & made me more depressed. I had an exercise whereby I had to draw 2 heads & as I didn't like writeing my feelings down in 1 I had to draw how I felt & in the other the opposite that I looked like on the outsie & then my coulsellor tried saying thoughts to challenge my picture & why I felt like tha & why I shouldn't feel like that !
I have studied CBT as a therapy on a counselling and therapy degree I did. I really don't like it myself; it's all based around changing thought patterns, and not dealing with what's causing them.
On the other hand, equine therapy is absolutely amazing. It really is. I used to work at some stables that offered it and the effect it had on people, even those who weren't sure of horses at first, was just fantastic. The confidence, focus, purpose, emotional bond that was created is unique and wonderful.
I'd recommend giving equine therapy (or any sort of 'animals as therapy') course a try - you maybe surprised.
As with anything; don't right it off until you've had a go. Despite my hatred for CBT I did try it, and it did work a bit, but for me there were too many underlying issues causing hte thought patterns, so even changing what I thought wasn't entirely helpful. But then again, everyone is different.
Please try going to both of these, and also maybe ask about something like art therapy, music therapy or play therapy? I find these sort of therapies are much more helpful than simply sitting and talking to someone.
Don't give up, you'll find something that'll help you :) xxxxx
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