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Old Jan 06, 2014, 12:29 PM
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Do you maybe know what kind of therapy is this one which give you the diagnosis, requires some homework, where T teaches you how to deal with emotions, in which T cares, in which you can reach your T during emergencies (I mean call or send and e-mail between sessions) and in which T has some empathy? Because maybe I do not need the emdr but just a different type of therapy than the current one...
Therapists are all individual as to whether they allow in-between session contact, but overall, for you, I'd recommend a psycho-dynamic therapist (they're oriented toward building a caring therapeutic relationship) who also offers/uses CBT or DBT which are homework-oriented, skill-building methodologies. When you call to screen them, just ask their policy about out-of-session contact and anything else you want to know.

EMDR is a very focused, process-oriented method usually used after a while of establishing the relationship and confirming the client is in a stable place, ready to do specifically intensive trauma-reliving work. I've heard it's popular and know some folks who use it, but it's not particularly relationship oriented.
Thanks for this!
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