Therapist discontinued Emdr

[lostandrunning]

Hello there,

I'm new and right now in a very difficult spot mentally.

Last year I started emdr and at first I thought it was going well, I was starting to see a few benefits in my mood. Unfortunately after maybe 6-8 sessions of processing after learning my grounding techniques I became so paranoid and felt like I was spiralling so my therapist had to stop it and suggested I seek DBT therapy first and come back.

My issue is I can't afford private therapy and the only therapy offered is CBT from the nhs, so I feel at a complete loss and like a failure for not being able to continue emdr. I thought about self learning DBT but where my mind is at i don't trust myself doing any mental health work solo if that makes sense.

 

[Sideways]

Any chance you could reach out to your T, or their clinic, and ask for DBT groups they recommend?

 

[Movingforward10]

Sorry it is hard at the moment. Was the EDMR therapist from the NHS?

The way you wrote about them it feels like they have left you without a good back up plan.

Some places offer sliding scale payments. Would that work?
I find psychology today (UK version) helpful in looking for Ts and you can search via 'slising scale' or by amount per session, so you can immediately get rid of ones that won't work for your budget.