What kind of therapist do i need?

[MinGos7]

I've tried two EMDR therapists and I've had bad experience with both of them. One was like a robot who was just going through her checklist of stuff and rushing through the EMDR process. The pacing wasn't helping me and she became very hostile when I told her that 10 seconds of tactile vibrations weren't causing me to think of anything. She wasted the session with 15 minutes of reading a questionaire paper outloud when I told her I could fill it the checklist myself.

The other was the opposite extreme, she just wanted to talk about US politics (I don't live in the US) and waved a pencil at me for EMDR because she couldn't be bothered to find where she kept the EMDR equipment.

What kind of therapist will listen to my nightmares and help me process them? I just wanted to make sense of my nightmares and my traumatic experience.

 

[KwanYingirl]

My therapist won’t start EMDR with me due to the severity of my abuse and I can’t stay grounded. I think if you could find a t who specializes in trauma, your experiences will be helpful, not hurtful.

 

[Overcoming]

Definitely someone trained in trauma-therapy. My therapist is versatile. We do some CBT and EMDR at times. It really depends on where I'm at. Find someone who is about using modes of therapy to meet your unique needs as an individual and who is trained in several methods.