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Originally Posted by LittleLeah
I don't have a therapist anymore. I had one for a couple years but the relationship kind of became sour when she just kept telling me to try the same things I was telling her that weren't working. I left her last August but haven't found one that I click with yet. I'm not looking for one that is specifically trauma related. I don't do well with other therapists who hear my trauma background and do the overly-empathetic "I'm so sorry that happened to you." Nope! I haven't learned to develop empathy for myself yet so it just sounds like pity or worse, like I'm destroying their innocence. I need someone who can listen to my story and just nod in understanding. I have a call into therapy office that has two therapists who are certified in EMDR through EMDRIA. My previous therapist tried doing EMDR with me but it wasn't much of a success because like I mentioned before, when I become triggered my eyes don't track. Well I recently learned that EMDR just needs to be bilateral stimulation and that there are other options than just eye movement.
I've never heard of such a thing. I wouldn't even know where to look for something like that.
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I ended up with a trauma t when my prior t dumped me after hospitalizing me... she is pretty good about not being overly sympathetic... hope one of the emdr t's work out for you. Having the other options for bilateral stimulation was really helpful. I don't track well either when dissociating. My t offered the headphones and the little buzzing things I could hold. I found it helpful.
There aren't too many trauma programs around the us, but I know of a few along the east coast; the psychiatric institute of Washington's - the center, Shepard-Pratt, WIIT (can't remember what the acronym stands for, but it's a trauma treatment center for women down in Hollywood Florida), there's a program associated with mclean hospital in Boston... you can find a list of trauma programs at sidran.org. I think there is also a list of resources on the website for istss.org (I think that's the site. It's the international society for traumatic stress or something ally those lines. Sorry. It's difficult to look up from my phone).
It can be hard to keep racing out and trying other things when previous treatment options haven't worked or have been further traumatizing. I hope you can find something that works.