Hiya Giacomo17 - Thanks for posting and sharing your views. I tend to think that different approaches all have some really positive things about them and then some other things that I tend to disagree with. I by no means am knowledgeable about psychotherapy, but I would say that like anything else there are quite a few different sub-approaches and fields within it. It sounds like you are referring to what I would consider to be the Freudian aspects found in Sarno's writings. I myself to be a little hesitant to fully accept some of the principles Freud wrote about, and to my understanding psychotherapy has progressed significantly since that time.

I do think that most psychotherapy would actually still argue that people can heal from anything, even from their past. I tend to view psychotherapy as suggesting that you cannot change what happened in the past, but you can develop ways to overcome past traumas through acceptance and understanding the role in plays in your development. In terms of TMS/PPD I do think that psychotherapy plays a huge role in helping people identify repressed emotions and learn how to accept these emotions and better handle the triggers that are behind their symptoms. I think people can recover from TMS/PPD even if they disagree with the theories of modern psychology and Freud (which I myself am a case of). What is important is to understand the role our emotions play in the development of our symptoms.

A large part of recovering from TMS/PPD involves figuring out what works best for you. It sounds like you might best be served by incorporating a slightly different therapeutic modality into your recovery which is terrific. I would love to hear more about the psychological approach you find helpful. We could even put it on a wiki page, so other people who have their doubts about modern psychotherapy could see that they can be helped by using a diverse approach.

Best,

Forest

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