Posted by Dinah on January 23, 2004, at 18:39:19
In reply to Re: Therapy anyone?? » Dinah, posted by Vera on January 23, 2004, at 17:41:43
I believe I don't actually know what EMDR stands for!! grin. It's some eye movement therapy that is supposed to help you process traumatic experiences. I really am not sure how it works, or how it works for me. But I'll be happy to tell you Monday evening. :)
I absolutely refused to journal. Every time I wrote something down I shredded it for fear it would be found by my husband or something. It wasn't till much later that I began writing letters to my therapist. And my posts here stand as a sort of journal as well.
Nine years is hard to believe. And to think that my poor therapist thought I was there for very short term cognitive behavior therapy! That was what we did at first, with the visualization and the breathing. I found it very helpful. He used exercises from "The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook". You might ask your therapist if she could teach you breathing and relaxation techniques. I think many therapists, regardless of their therapeutic philosophy, are familiar with those. And there's no harm in asking her plan for treating you, although after three sessions she might not know. The EMDR therapist and I have spent two sessions doing nothing but misunderstanding each other.
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