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For how long is it "ok" to rely on your therapist?
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Does it help to consider therapy like school? People excel at different things. The most amaaaaazing kindergarten teacher might be a...
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Prolonged exposure t couldn't answer a simple question
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This. The trick is that your SUDS level never gets to the point of being triggered. Ever. So it's very much a frog boiling in water. It...
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Roland's post
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Therapist is Using CBT for Obsessive Thoughts & it’s not Helpful
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I hate CBT. But I’m not sure if I’ve been through Cognitive Behavior Therapy or Christian Bullshit Therapy.
Yesterday at 8:03 PM
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Questioning T's experience
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Thank you Movingforward10, I really appreciate your response and it's not lost on me that everyone here has their own things to deal...
Yesterday at 4:16 PM
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Sideways's post
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Therapist is Using CBT for Obsessive Thoughts & it’s not Helpful
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It’s very often not laziness so much as specialisation. CBT is really helpful for a range of very common mental health issues...
Yesterday at 4:14 PM
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Kobuk's post
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Therapist is Using CBT for Obsessive Thoughts & it’s not Helpful
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Lazy therapists are those that use only one model of treatment for all patients. That “one size fits all” rigid thinking is not...
Yesterday at 4:14 PM
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Freddyt's post
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We are experts at that............ When I learned about the changes PTSD makes in your brain I learned two important facts.... 1. PTSD...
Sunday at 10:58 PM
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Abusive past therapist
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OP - it's tempting to lock the thread, since you've basically admitted that you started trolling your own post. But I'll leave it open...
Sunday at 10:10 PM
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Attacking Sideways because they happen to be a moderator only adds to your delusional status in the eyes of many readers. A person who...
Sunday at 10:09 PM
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It’s a shame you aren’t in the next room, so that you could see how wrong all of your assumptions are about both me and my motivations...
Sunday at 3:26 PM
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I second what @OliveJewel said. That thought is a voice of someone. And my T would try and work out whose voice it is. (long time I kept...
Sunday at 12:20 PM
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CBT did not work for me either. My previous T tried to fit me into her CBT box and it was awful for me. My T does ACT and it makes so...
Sunday at 11:28 AM
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Screwdrivers make lousy hammers.
Sunday at 11:20 AM
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It sounds like you have grandiose thinking. Yes, I complain about stupid people all the time, and while I know I’m intelligent, I...
Sunday at 11:16 AM
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It doesn’t. The mantra on this forum is take what’s helpful, leave the rest. Feel free to ignore all my advice. That’s totally okay...
Sunday at 11:16 AM
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Issues With Therapist
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It sounds as if you already made your mind up before you even came on here and asked for an opinion. There are people here who are...
Saturday at 11:37 PM
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"Sometimes you gotta get angry and set ultimatums with people to get things going" No. No, you really don't EVER have to set...
Saturday at 11:26 PM
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Idk what to call this it is so horrible!
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WTF is this shit about weekend hours don't count? (My state is not like that.) I am SO sorry this happened to you. It's the biggest...
Saturday at 6:10 PM
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What @Sideways said. They cannot give out your info. At all. (Unless you sign a release.) Why would your T invest so much time trying...
Saturday at 3:49 PM
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Sideways's post
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So, the treatment centre you attended can’t give out your name. To anyone. Certainly not some random person calling them up out of the...
Saturday at 3:42 PM
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digitaldarkroom
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Have you talked to your T to find out why she didn’t show up? I don’t see how she could have figured out who your old T was unless you...
Saturday at 11:03 AM
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LucyLou's post
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Something therapist said makes me think that she isn't believing what I wrote
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I sent my therapist an email after the thing she said yesterday about how it was unusual for a woman to have gone through so much...
Saturday at 10:57 AM
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arfie's post
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Something therapist said makes me think that she isn't believing what I wrote
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i'm all too often wrong when i guess at what other people are thinking. my mind reading skills genuinely suck. when i invite other folks...
Friday at 9:16 PM
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Something therapist said makes me think that she isn't believing what I wrote
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Is this still the T you are unsure about? I’m honestly not sure how I would take that (I am super sensitive!), but I would definitely...
Friday at 4:57 PM
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Something therapist said makes me think that she isn't believing what I wrote
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Keep in mind that the definition of trafficking is a lot broader than most people think. It does not require movement of persons to...
Friday at 4:49 PM
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Complex trauma or developmental trauma
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Nope. Adults with no history of childhood trauma can get cPTSD, as well. Even the very earliest proposals of cPTSD by Judith Herman...
Friday at 3:48 PM
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Complex trauma or developmental trauma
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I would say that either you misunderstood what your therapist said, or your therapist is an idiot. I have complex trauma in spades...
Friday at 3:33 PM
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Therapist revenge
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Meh. They're just thoughts. Thoughts are harmless. I'm sure they don't don't feel good but they're only thoughts. You could work on...
Thursday at 11:04 PM
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EveHarrington's post
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Made t run late...now feel guilty
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How about working on letting go of the guilt? You didn’t force your T to stay with you. She made the decision to give you extra time...
Thursday at 4:44 PM
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My therapist is a sociopath and he doesn't help me
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No I don't think we are in the dark ages at all. You're posting in a forum where people have commonly been raped, exploited, tortured...
Wednesday at 11:01 PM
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My therapist is a sociopath and he doesn't help me
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Was either the crotch or the arse naked? Seriously, no it's not ok that you were touched in a way you didn't want to be. Intention on...
Wednesday at 10:51 PM
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digitaldarkroom
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My therapist is a sociopath and he doesn't help me
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I can't say I necessarily have severe symptoms but I surely don't have them all. To say you have all of them based on one minor incident...
Wednesday at 10:49 PM
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My therapist is a sociopath and he doesn't help me
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I'm going to be honest here, I was totally looking at this objectively and was very open to the possibility of a trauma from what I...
Wednesday at 10:49 PM
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Sideways's post
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My therapist is a sociopath and he doesn't help me
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This. In a previous thread, you described your sexual assault as ‘a teacher pressed his penis against your bum through a hole in the...
Wednesday at 10:36 PM
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digitaldarkroom
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My therapist is a sociopath and he doesn't help me
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Okay. I read more into your post. He likely is not addressing the idea of sexual assault and PTSD, because from their assessments they...
Wednesday at 10:32 PM
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digitaldarkroom
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I think i‘ve terminated therapy
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I have to say that anyone that spent that much time making me doubt myself and trying to slap labels on me - especially one like...
Wednesday at 12:18 AM
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I don’t want to pay this woman to chit chat. what’s she doing?
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Ah. Ok. Makes sense. But here’s the thing: you hired her to do a job for you. She’s there to be with you in the journey, to guide...
Jan 31, 2023
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How to cope with therapist abandonment?
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Sorry, so if you’re invited to watch a family friend in a play or attend a party or community picnic and you’re aware your T has had the...
Jan 31, 2023
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Comfort object
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I have a few different items depending upon where I am going to be and what it going on. I have an oval acrylic 4 leaf clover (hasn't...
Jan 31, 2023
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Devastated because it seems t doesn't care about me when she has other things.
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Your therapist is there for you, in session, to listen, ask questions, support you any way she can. Outside of that it’s not her job to...
Jan 31, 2023
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Therapists who have boundaries and have a life outside of work tend to be the most trustworthy. Most therapists don’t do extensive...
Jan 31, 2023
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digitaldarkroom
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EveHarrington's post
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Devastated because it seems t doesn't care about me when she has other things.
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Truth. Your therapist cares. Truth. Your therapist can only be relied on up to a certain point. (She can’t do anything/everything...
Jan 31, 2023
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How is it possible that therapy can last for years?
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I liken it to a beaver dam. It's been a long time since the original injury and all this "stuff" has been added and piled up and...
Jan 31, 2023
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How is it possible that therapy can last for years?
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Forever Therapy = A basic human need, IMO. For good counsel. For some that counsel is made up of by friends/family. For others it’s by...
Jan 31, 2023
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What am I doing wrong? Any success stories with humanistic, person centred psychotherapy?
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All of this may be beside the point… as it’s already been discussed it’s not the school of thought, but the person themselves, who is...
Jan 30, 2023
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Movingforward10's post
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What am I doing wrong? Any success stories with humanistic, person centred psychotherapy?
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@Lostvoice . I’m in the Uk too. Does she work by the code of BACP? Because she has broken them, from day one with you. She should never...
Jan 30, 2023
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barefoot's post
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What am I doing wrong? Any success stories with humanistic, person centred psychotherapy?
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This is why it’s not working. Not because it’s a humanist, person-centred approach.
Jan 30, 2023
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digitaldarkroom
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Charbella's post
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What am I doing wrong? Any success stories with humanistic, person centred psychotherapy?
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What part of your wearing on me is humanistic? Person centered? Centered on how she the therapist feels? Sorry I’d hit the eject...
Jan 30, 2023
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What am I doing wrong? Any success stories with humanistic, person centred psychotherapy?
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Yeah, I have been in the same position. Do you have other (non-professional) support--family? friends? Ok, so this is where you really...
Jan 30, 2023
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What am I doing wrong? Any success stories with humanistic, person centred psychotherapy?
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I would dump her ass. I want someone who I know is always on my side, not an antagonist. The fact that she is allowing dual roles means...
Jan 30, 2023
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