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Originally Posted by likelife
My T mixes in SE with other general talk therapy methods. She doesn't do EMDR, at least with me. She describes what we're doing as trauma work as well. I've come to really enjoy it, because it's helped me to reconnect with my body, from which I had been dissociated for a good long time. Not that it's easy, or anything, but I feel like I have more access to my full experience now.
After probably a year of SE-type work, I started really crying in therapy. I think I maybe swung to the other extreme for a bit, but that was about more than the SE stuff.
I appreciate that your T is wanting to do what's helpful for you, but I think I might be a little wary of having my T try new techniques after having attended only one workshop. Maybe it was an intensive one, though? At any rate, I hope that it's helpful for you.
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Thank you, likelife. I think I will learn to like the SE too, and it will get me to feel comfortable with my body at the same time. I know many people don't like to cry in therapy but it's been a goal of mine forever!
I trust my T even though she attended only 1 workshop: I think it was a few days or at least a week-end. She has always incorporated "body work" in her therapy. She does yoga and meditates, and has taught me to pay atention to my breathing. IFS fits with body stuff, too, as does EMDR. So it's not a new concept to my T at all.
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Originally Posted by tigergirl
sT does a little of it (but no emdr) and not that in depth as what I've read about; I remember reading a bit about it last year and in connection with a book called "waking the tiger" - written by Levine - might be worth you looking at that  |
Yes, I've heard of "Waking the Tiger" and I will certainly be reading it now. Thanks for the reminder. Levine invented the concept of SE I think.