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So I know a bit about theoretical orientations, mainly this comes from my basic psychology courses as well as some of the surface stuff I've read online. Just basic knowledge about CBT, Psychoanalytic, a bit about humanistic and whatnot, a smidge of whatever else is available. However, I'm having trouble, especially when needing to prepare for future applications, with finding the orientation (or mixed-orientation) that works well for me. As far as I know, the field as a whole is pretty into CBT and cognitive-behavioral approaches right now, and it seems to be pretty effective in certain situations. I just don't entirely like the idea of being limited to only that, and I'm sure that CBT isn't the only single valid orientation that's worth looking deeper into. Love the idea of evidence-based stuff that's supported by research, but I feel like these other orientations wouldn't really be around if they weren't somewhat valid or beneficial to people. I know psychoanalytic theory has that Freudian bad rep... but is it entirely useless?
It almost feels like...well isn't the point of grad school to study these orientations in depth? How can I fully know what type of orientation fits me before diving super in-depth into them and using them in practice (which obviously I cannot do yet as a senior in undergrad).
How did other people find their specific orientation? Anyone use a mixed ones, and if so, which one's seem to compliment each other best?
It almost feels like...well isn't the point of grad school to study these orientations in depth? How can I fully know what type of orientation fits me before diving super in-depth into them and using them in practice (which obviously I cannot do yet as a senior in undergrad).
How did other people find their specific orientation? Anyone use a mixed ones, and if so, which one's seem to compliment each other best?