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Originally Posted by Willowleaf
I have body psychotherapy which sounds very similar. My t also says I need to get out of my head, but you seem to be managing much better than I am at present. My t says almost exactly the same of yours but I get very scared very quickly and can end up in a real state so we generally don't get much done. She is always encouraging me to go with any movements my body makes and at present my chest has started this weird spasm thing which I fight against and she encourages me to go with. It happens every time I relax which luckily is rare. Do you ever get scared or feel it is too much?
I'm getting better at answering questions in my body and I'm having a real try not to keep saying I don't know. She says its fine but I feel after 3 years I really ought to try and work out where feelings are.
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Wow! I'm glad you posted to me, and I'm glad Adel started the group so we can also discuss it there. I wonder if somatic experiencing is just another term for body psychotherapy! It sure sounds like it! Did your T ever mention Peter Levine's book, Waking the Tiger? My T said that he "discovered" SE, and about how animals in the wild move.
Yes, I'm scared of the whole thing! I've seen my T for 3 years too, and I hate those "body" questions. I always used to say "I don't know" too!
I'm self-conscious when my T points out movements that I don't know I'm doing, but I'm getting more used to it. Now I tell HER when I'm digging my hands into the couch.
It's hard when it's not all talk, and my T is watching me so carefully. But I have a close relationship with her and feel safe. She made me feel safe. Do you feel safe with your T? I'm scared of where I am now, though. It's all about shame, s*x (didn't know if was okay to say without a trigger icon), intimacy, and so on. It also seems like a T who does SE/body psychotherapy works closer with clients. I had a lot of regular talk T, but they never got down on the floor with me, or pushed their chair closer or further, or did breathing with me! I want to discuss some of this in Adel's social group too.
