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Originally Posted by Trace14
Started the CPT group today, it's a small group 3 men and me.  I guess that will be okay. We lucked up and had a fire alarm during the session so that took up about 15 minutes. Got to go outside and get warm. It was colder than a well diggers butt in that classroom. Next time I will take my suitcase of warmer clothes.
The facilitator seems nice and knowledgeable, that's a plus to get both at the VA, still have one more PE session to do. I will miss the tele sessions, now I will actually having to get up, get ready and leave the house now to go to an appointment. They should make all sessions tele sessions. There would be some drawbacks for the therapist though. One thing it's hard for them to tell when you dissociate, or see any self harm, or see the leg jumping from anxiety, or really read the client. But it was a good experience. But it was hard. I guess if I get a little bit of benefit from each one maybe one day it will come together and be a big benefit, that's what I'm hoping anyway. |
sorry you were cold and glad you have a plan on helping yourself to be warm in future group sessions. yes the class does not focus on the instructor noticing if the students are dissociating, self injuring or legs jumping. they are there to teach the group material. here if they focused on pointing out any time they saw a student dissociating, have self injured or legs jumping they would end up not having time to focus on teaching skills. their time would be taken up like a support group ....Amanda I see you dissociating, amanda I see you are leg bouncing again, amanda I see you did this that and the other thing...also it could embarrass the students to point out that behavior when the group material isnt about leg bouncing, self injury and dissociation. its about you learning to control your own behaviors and learning how to take care of yourself during triggering/ trauma filled times by using the class material..
suggestion next time .......you.....notice you are dissociating, bouncing your leg or thinking of self harm....use your grounding tools that will help you to be present and focused back on the group and material. .....example take a deep breath, take notes, bring something small that you can hold, ....maybe write down when those things happen and why so that you can take the issues up with your individual therapy person when you do get to see them.