QuirkyTofurkey

Can anyone recommend a good (virtual) PTSD / Trauma therapist? I'm seeing a lot of posts about therapists that make unnecessary...

Thanks for explaining this. I feel like I'm being treated as someone who is "simply reluctant to admit" that I have a personality /...

If you raise your hand and contradict many of these clinicians, they will take it personally and assign you a label as a "combative...

In short, no. We never made a safety plan or discussed concretely what I should/shouldn't do. Sometimes we touched on my current...

Really well said! It took a lot to learn this lesson, but I know I won't forget it anytime soon.

Personally, EMDR is overrated. It is the 'new' thing. With any new thing everyone (therapists & perhaps clients) want it. It becomes...

Thanks so much for saying this. The word "listening" hits me hard. Just having my therapist actually listen and hear me would be a big...

Your therapist is ignoring your needs and requests. This is a huge red flag for me. You absolutely need time to ground and recover after...

This is EXACTLY what my therapist does. She's advanced enough in EMDR that she's a consultant and helps with EMDR training events. So...

For me, diagnosis took years. And the exact nature of my mental illness only became apparent over the course of therapy, and...

I think both possibilities are totally fair / equally likely. Which means I absolutely would not continue on with this individual.

Yeah I know what you mean. I didn't want to stay with the therapist, but felt I had to give it a chance. With the therapy team telling...

I've got no idea if it is fishy or not, but what I am hearing is that your T wasn't hearing you and maybe as a result you can't trust...

TL;DR - Is it normal that after 5-6 months of no success with EMDR and Imagery Rescripting, they now think I have a personality or...