Posted by Pfinstegg on December 27, 2004, at 22:10:24
In reply to Re: Lifetime Therapy » Dinah, posted by alexandra_k on December 27, 2004, at 20:09:39
I know you'll tell me if I am wrong, but from past posts of yours, I've gotten the idea that you have complex PTSD, with a disorder on the dissociative spectrum, such as an ego state disorder. I guess I got this idea because of the traumatic background you have mentioned- and because I have it myself.
I think the very best kind of therapy for this is intensive psychotherapy- the kind that daisym and I are having, where you have a chance to both explore the different parts of yourself, as well as the chance to form a really strong attachment to a therapist who will stick with you. With DBT, you can't really do either one of those things. Is this available for you- for example in the in-patient situation you are exploring? If it isn't, you could obtain it if you come to the US for graduate studies. It might mean becoming a patient of a psychoanalyst in training(those people would already have had very good psychotherapy training, but would be able to see you frequently at a very low fee).Frequency and the strength of attachment seem to be very important in allowing the different ego states to become conscious and more integrated.
This may not meet your needs for psychotherapy- I was just replying to your hope that there was something out there for you besides what you've already had.
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