I liked my therapist, and she was helping me with work stress. Things were going well.

Then she uncovered childhood abuse and C-PTSD. It stresses me out to talk about it. Now the anxiety that was getting better is getting worse.

Basically, she just kept using CBT. She says she does DBT but I know what it is, and she doesn’t, except for a lot of acceptance statements.

I would be talking about work, she has to interject that this is because of the way my mother treated me, which then a) makes anxiety wash over me and b) knocks me off track. Then, she offers me no coping mechanism. That’s it. That’s her help for me.

She basically explained that she wants me to know there is a reason for how I’m feeling (in response to me telling her this is bothering me). She continued to do this at my next appointment.

This is when I realized she’s got little more than deep breathing and replace a negative thought to offer.

How do you find an effective T for PTSD?

What do you feel works?

I am looking into DBMR after reading here. I hope that is a good answer, but I suspect it isn’t the only answer I’ll need.

Thank you!