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I am a former teacher so yes that's something I can relate with. That's why I choose to think of my T as a teacher

I have a hard time asking and accepting help from people so I've decided to start thinking of my T as a teacher instead. Has anybody thought of their T as a teacher? As someone who is teaching them the skills to get better on their own vs someone who is helping you?

That basically sounds like what happened to me. I was totally a basket case and all this stuff was flooding out and I wasn't really feeling any better. T even admitted that I have been getting worse over the last few weeks so we decided to only focus on the one main memory versus jumping around...

My T did not say to celebrate it but he did let it be known that being able to feel and not being numb means that I am improving. Using mindfulness I am supposed to be able to accept and sit with the feeling of anxiety and let that be okay. Maybe you should ask them to clarify a bit what they...

I have been doing EMDR for almost two months now. Every session I tend to be all over the place remembering various issues and childhood memories. None of them are ever good. Even when there are some neutral memories the next one usually sets me back all over again. While some sessions don't end...

I usually try to journal after a tough EMDR session. It kind of helps if I write it down and hopefully I can my mind to let it go. I know it doesn't totally work but for me journaling helps the most. If nothing else at least I have it written down and I can discuss it at my next session.

My EMDR therapist does both. When I'm having a particular bad reaction from EMDR we may spend the next session just doing talk therapy. I know you've seen your regular therapist for quite a while but I can't imagine sharing between the two. A lot of crap comes up with EMDR that I feel the need...

I totally understand the way you feel. I've been doing EMDR for almost two months now and while I do have some improvement with my initial issue it's brought up so much old baggage that I'm actually feeling worse. I have no idea if I'm doing it right all I keep doing is remembering old crap...