That's so nice of you to say, fixated. I'm sorry your T has bronchitis so you couldn't go. Yes, I feel that what my T is giving me is "good enough". We got through something, not exactly a rupture, but feelings on her side that she couldn't help me anymore, and frustrated feelings on my side. I hope it works out with your T

SE stand for somatic experiencing. My T has been taking courses/workshops in this. It was "invented" by Peter Levine, who wrote a book called "Waking the Tiger". It's about how wild animals calm themselves after they suffer a trauma. My T asks where I feel something in my body, and what I feel, like shaky, stomach pain, short of breath, etc. and then she helps me calm myself by either grounding myself or moving slowly in the way I subconsciously move. I tend to dig my hands into the couch when I'm nervous. She comments on that and has me move my hands slowly over the couch. Sounds weird, but it's very interesting and I think it's going to help me. My T is aware of my breathing, when it changes, my facial expressions, and if I'm fidgeting! It took some getting used to but I feel so safe with her that I don't mind. She says we're doing the SE to get me "out of my mind" since I think too much and thoughts go round and round in my mind. She tells me "don't think"!

Thanks, healed.