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Originally Posted by zooropa
I seem to remember you saying you haven't called ftt before, or maybe not much, is that right blue? I'm so glad you did call her this time, and that she called you back and you guys made a good connection when you talked! 
I know how just hearing T's voice can be calming, when I call my T sometimes I start to feel better as soon as I hear her message on her voice mail, lol.
I'm wondering, if you don't mind, if you could share some of the grounding techniques your T has talked about with you? This is something I've been working on with my T a LOT in the recent weeks and talked to her about it several times today even. I'd be really interested in having a dialogue with other people here about that if anyone wants to. |
I called her once before. I cant exactly remember why, but it was a "support" phone call, I was freaking out about something, Im sure
This time, I was able to do it because I HAD to change my 21st monday appt to a later time or change it to wed. So, it forced me to call and leave a message about that and then I said that I also was having a hard time with anger and that I had this tantrum etc....When she called I was so focused on the appointment and then she said she wanted to get to the second part of my message. I was able to talk pretty freely to her, which I am surprised about. And my 2yo kept asking me to put on Dora for her and then to cut her bangs (!) while I was on the phone and ftt was GREAT about it. Then she quieted down with her tv show and we were able to talk. She told me to deep breathe and she said we will go into the more in session. And to look around me to realize where I am. Look at my children, the things in the room, etc.It works for me b/c I get "disoriented" in the way that I dissociate from myself and my small child gets caught up in childhood rage.
What did your T tell you to do for grounding?