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Old Dec 28, 2018, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Ididitmyway View Post
If I were in therapy today, I'd also not discuss any reactions that a therapist's demeanor and personal style evoke in me. It makes sense to discuss some specific therapist's actions that bother you, but not their style of working. Every therapist picks the style, the methods and the theoretical approach that fits their personality best and they are not going to change it for a client, who gets triggered by it. In my experience, all those "therapeutic" discussions just led to my trauma getting more and more aggravated. I've figured that if something about the way the therapist works is too triggering, then it's better just to change a therapist instead of trying to "work through" it. Just like with any kind of service, I don't waste time insisting that someone should be doing business the way it works for me. I just find the provider who can reasonably meet my needs.
Your thoughts on this mirror mine to a large extent. I think it very well could make things worse, and not necessarily through any fault of mine or hers. Finding a different T isn't really an option. There are really no therapists in the area who have experience in one of my diagnoses. My T doesn't have much experience with it, but I am not her first client with this diagnosis. So far, she has proved herself up to the task, which I think would be difficult for many therapists to do.
Thanks for this!
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