Posted by LlurpsieNoodle on May 29, 2007, at 16:23:19
In reply to behind Door # 1 and Door #2 update, posted by LlurpsieNoodle on May 21, 2007, at 20:53:25
> Behind Door # 1
> I just spoke with a T in my "new" area who has many years experience with trauma "survivors"
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> [survivor? what the hell am I anyways? victim? bystander? whatever- irrelevant]
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> He told me a lot about his practice and about his experiences. Gave me his home phone number.Sounds good. I like his attitudes about therapy and I was able to tell him how nervous I was on the phone, and other juicy details of my therapy history. with trembling voice. I hate the little trembling voice. ugh.
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Door #1 turned out to be a guy with a messy office. I like messy, and he had 4 chairs to choose from. I liked that. took copious notes and seemed to ask interesting questions, like which I thought was more damaging the physical or the emotional abuse.I was able to ask him a really difficult question too- like why he told me about another client of him that had severe CSA, in graphic detail?
I told him that it made me uncomfortable on so many levels. he told me at the end of the session that the fact that I could ask that question meant that I was probably going to do very well in therapy.
I was able to tell him hard stuff without much dissociation. He was reassuring and seems to have a lot of experience.
the main mission for my next appt is to read through & fill out a packet of material that he prepared for me and also to figure out whether there is some "method" to healing trauma survivors (i.e. many presumptions and GOALS), or whether he can accommodate the other issues I have going on in my life right now too.
tommorrow I open door #2
-Ll
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