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Old Sep 07, 2008, 09:45 AM
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My T is comfortable with whomever chooses to come out/show up at therapy. From day one...or rather...from the day she made the DID dx...she has invited anyone and all who want to talk, yell, check her out, play, whatever, to come to therapy. She is different with each of us that comes out also. For example...she NEVER touches me, I wouldn't tolerate that, but she gets on the floor with the littles and will hug them (asks first); she speaks differently with teens and littles also. Much softer with littles and uses slang and an occasional swear word with teens (depending on the teen).

I will say that this probably has to do with her background as a T. Before she had her PhD, she worked in a juvenile detention center with older teen boys, while working on her dissertation she worked as a parenting teacher/coach, and since then has been in private practice but works with all age groups with a primary focus on trauma/PTSD. She is also a recent grandma...a 3 year old grandson and a 9 month old grandson.

What I find interesting is that a lot of T's who are "DID specialists" don't welcome littles in the therapy room. I don't get this...littles seem key to the therapy process IMO. My T is not a DID specialist.

I'm sorry your T is treating you all this way. Since he said it is that he isn't comfortable, maybe he could "get comfortable"? It really does seem important to me that littles be included.
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