[ster]

I have been going thruough tring to deal with some past. I found when I do this, fore two later I have no energy and nightmares of the past. This past appointment She decided to stop it as it is not doing me any good to have the nightmares. I wonder if anyone has had something like this happen to them.

[Rhapsody]

YES.... I have gone through similar events as you described here, and where as your T has decided to stop the treatment my T and I decided to move forward with it.... for we both felt that our dreams / nightmares is the bodies way of dealing with and releasing that which the conscious mind is unable do.


LoVe,
Rhapsody - ((( hugs )))

[Sarah116]

[docjp]

It has beern my view for a couple decades now that the treatment one experiences is the therapist. That is, a therapist does not have to know what is going on within him/herself... because the normal MIND will naturally and automatically initiate Clincal_Denial wherein one has no idea what one is denying, or that one is in denial. Cognitively then, a therapist can "think" that he/she is quite neutral while, in actuality, he/she is in Clinical_Denial and sending MIND-level Direct Esoteric communication to a client's MIND that is less than helpful to the client.

Not to suggest this is so in your case... but it doess happen rather often with therapists who have not completed their own program of psychotherapy.

[pegasus]

..........Can you say that in English please?!

[pegasus]

Ster,

I have heard that client's can take a break if the going is to tough,usually this is a mutual agreement, and then you can pick it up again when you are feeling more up to it.

Push through it if you can.

Take care.

I go through it too. Its just a part of the healing process and I don't stop my therapy work based on that. In fact I use the nightmares and flashbacks to find out more about the situation and memories.

[(JD)]

(((Ster))) That can happen when you have covered either really intense material, or too much material in session, imo. Since it is a regular happening for you, discuss with your T ways of slowing down in session (not covering so much at a time) or give yourself more time to adjust back to "real life" here and now, before leaving the session.

I think dreams are a way the brain uses to help file events... sort them out, so to speak? Nightmares, well... maybe those are the events that won't go quietly??? IDK. I can have night terrors. I understand...

It's ok to slow down. It's ok to work on something and leave it for a bit, and come back to it, or approach it from another line of thought. TC!

[9874]

I think what docjp is saying is that ster's T may have her own resistance to being present with ster. That she has not completed her own course of (good) therapy, rendering her vulnerable to being affected by ster's stresses.
IMHO, a therapist who needs to disengage from work that is too intense is not working in the best interest of the client.
In my experience, no matter how intense, and it was soooo intense, the work was, T remained steadfast in her commitment to be present.
A competent therapist is trained to deal with whatever intensity comes up in the sessions (and out of it).
If my T were to cop out of intense stuff, she'd be cheating me of good, competent therapy, and I would almost certainly try a different T.
Certainly you haven't provided enough information here for me to be able to offer an opinion of whether or not to continue with this T. I can only work with the limited info you provided here.
If you'd like to post more, feel free to do so.
In the meantime, take gentle care!

[Rebel74]

My therapist has us in a bit of a pattern. One session we'll talk about deep emotional stuff, then the next one or two we'll talk about things like how to improve my self esteem, or how to be more positive about life. It has helped keep things from getting too intense to handle. Perhaps you both need to kinda pace your sessions.

[ster]

Thanks everyone alot of different ways each seems good for the one involed The one time emotion and one time self esteem may be good to do. againe Thank you everyone.