Poll Is Your Therapist A Trauma Specialist?

[desiderata310]

Yep. PTSD and does regular talk therapy and EMDR.

 

[Hashi]

Anthony has said in one of his articles, (I forget which one, but they are in THE VAULT) that the elderly should not get trauma therapy.

I'm wondering if this was about exposure therapy in particular, but I can't really comment without seeing what was said. At any rate, it sounds like you're doing what's right for you and that's what's important.

 

[Hashi]

when I toy with the idea of going back to therapy, I know I won't be seeking out a trauma therapist. My issue now is obsessive thinking, and I know the chances of finding a therapist I like who specializes in both out in my neck of the woods is slim to none.

This is one reason why I'm thinking a lot about the question. I'd like to go back to therapy to focus on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) but I want someone with a transpersonal approach plus I want someone who understands trauma.

I live in the capital so I have a huge range of therapists to choose from but a transpersonal-type therapist who really knows about both OCD and trauma... I'm not sure I'm going to find that. I haven't so far.

It's a moot point right now because I can't afford it anyway, but that isn't exactly the case because I think if I found such a therapist I'd be working on finding a way to pay. I'm successfully clawing my way out of OCD but I still have some distance to go and I'm exhausted doing it by myself. I'm desperate for some help and support, but I don't feel desperate enough to see a non-trauma specialist... I don't think.

 

[Justmehere]

I have a trauma therapist - it's in the title of her practice and it's pretty much the only diagnosis she treats. She also trains other therapists on how treat PTSD. The downside is that she doesn't have many tools when my eating disorder or OCD flares up, but she does understand them in the context of how they relate to the PTSD. I saw more general therapists before this one, and they were helpful, but I didn't make nearly as much progress with the PTSD as I have with this therapist. However, I think they were a critical chapter in my journey. I wouldn't have been able to handle starting off doing trauma therapy.

 

[MissKB]

I just switched in May of this year to a trauma specialist therapist. Boy what a difference! I knew I wasn't getting what I needed from my old T but I had no idea how much better therapy would be with someone trained in the field.

 

[void]

imo, the gap between a regular T and a trauma-specialist T is SO HUGE that if there is any chance for you to work with the specialist please consider it.
I have experienced the magnitude of the difference and I was truly shocked at the knowledge and experience difference between the two.
YOU deserve the most capable T you can find.
It will be worth it for you...it was for me.

Be well.:)

 

[Deleted member 34424]

Yes! He specializes in handfuls of things (almost all I need/are applicable to me) and it's awesome.

 

[Keming]

I recently moved to a relatively isolated area with limited resources. A therapist drives in every few weeks. My therapist has divulged that, prior to me, his most severely traumatized client had suffered some pretty cruel workplace bullying.

Okay.

This is going to be great.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

My therapist lists himself as a individual, couples, teen counselor (LMHC) but he is indeed a trauma therapist whom has been educated in and worked with suvivors of all sorts of trauma but mainly sexual abuse survivors, sees many veterans with PTSD, was a counselor inside of a drug rehab for a long time, and has worked with a few cult survivor. I think he told me I was his 3rd cult survivor.

Anyway, not listed inside of any speciality but i'd call him a trauma therapist.

 

[whiteraven]

He is a trauma specialist. He kinda sucks at it, though.

 

[agirls]

Mine isn't listed as a trauma specialist. And I sure as hell wasn't looking for one when I found her because half of my trauma was suppressed and the other half I was sure I'd dealt with. I thought I just had anger issues. But my T identified my PTSD. And she seems to know so much about trauma that I don't think it matters if she isn't identified as a trauma specialist. The marriage counselors my husband and I see seem to know far less about trauma, which gives me a frame of reference for how much my T knows.

 

[candletea19]

I put yes, but I'm not sure where I live if there's any actual qualifications for it before you're considered a specialist in any certain topic of psychology like this, but my psychologist is well experienced in trauma, anxiety, and in car accidents (which is my trauma) as well as other things. To me it was really important to try and find someone who had a lot of experience in what I experienced and was feeling (to my understanding at the time), and luckily I was able to find her.