[Alishia88]

So, I´ve read a lot about how you´re not supposed to have 2 Ts and why
and I understand that. However, I´ve ALSO read a lot of success reports from people having had more than one T....

I am with a T, who I really like and feel comfortable with. She is very respectful, personal and friendly and I rarely found that with any therapist before (and I checked out A LOT)

However, I am a trauma patient and I feel that for this, I really might be better off with a trauma expert that really understands the difficulties and what it´s like with a post-trauma disorder... I learned how many different ways there are to do trauma therapy, when asked about which method mine uses, she gave me an unclear answer...

I was thinking to keep my current T as a main therapist but go and find a trauma specialist for treating trauma related issues.

I wouldn´t know how to pull it off. I understand that seeing both at the same amount of time would probably not be good and overwhelming.

Has anyone experience with this and do you think it could work?

[MoxieDoxie]

You can keep this T and find a EMDR T. That is what I do.

[Syra]

My experience is most Ts don't like it, but some don't mind, and some are somewhat flexible depending on the circumstances. I think it's the client's decision. We aren't the Ts project. If you want two different CPAs to do your taxes, no one can stop you.

I've done it. Sort of stumbled into it. It has it's plusses and minuses, but it was my decision.

[BlessedRhiannon]

I think, if you want to explore a different therapy approach in conjunction with your current therapy, that's okay, as long as you communicate that to both T's and everyone works as a team.

There was a time when my T suggested that I might want to consider CBT. It's not something she does, and suggested that she could recommend someone I could work with in conjunction with the work I was already doing with my current T. I declined, as CBT is not something I thought I'd find useful. But, my T was very clear that if I did want it, then she and the other T would work as a team with me.

[Alishia88]

Originally Posted by MoxieDoxie

You can keep this T and find a EMDR T. That is what I do.

thank you, how often do you see each T?

[MoxieDoxie]

I see my original T everyother week and my EMDR T who also does IFS and other forms of therapy once a week. So I always see someone once a week and twice a month I am seen twice a week.

[stopdog]

I do it. It works better for me. The two do not know specifically about each other but they do know generally that I see an other. The two I see are both psychodynamic but very different. I see each one weekly usually (not counting vacations etc)

[Nightlight]

It works fine for me, better if anything because more support and another angle is even more helpful, I find. None of the three therapists I've seen at the same time as one another have had a problem with it either.