If you could spend a whole day with your t, what would you do?

[MoxieDoxie]

Im coming up blank on that one.

Observe her.

[nottrustin]

T1- talk about non therapy things, do some gardening, play with her dog.

EMDR T -spend a Sunday with her, we are the same religion so go to church and observe her with her family.

[MoxieDoxie]

Originally Posted by nottrustin

T1- talk about non therapy things, do some gardening, play with her dog.

EMDR T -spend a Sunday with her, we are the same religion so go to church and observe her with her family.

Does EMDR-T know about Talk Therapy T? I have a regular T but made a appointment for an EMDR T and was hoping to be able to keep both. I just don't know how insurance will allow that and I can not afford to pay.

A family style BBQ.

[Tbhimscared]

Watch reality TV with her and eat snacks

In reality, I wouldn't like to spend the day with her. An hour is exhausting enough.

[seoultous]

Talk about books that she has read. Get some recommendations. Make an excuse to leave early. I can think of few people with whom I would like to spend an entire day. Maybe my daughter or my husband.

[ChickenNoodleSoup]

I have actually thought about this before. If it were legal, I'd take some mind altering substance that lasts about a day and lets you explore your mind. I feel like with the guidance of a therapist, that would actually be very useful. Of course with him being sober, otherwise it'd be just be weird.

[lucozader]

I'd like to go on a nice woodland walk with him.

[Elio]

Play games, watch football, watch movies, go out to eat, sit in the corner of her office and read a book while she does whatever she needs to do, share music with her.

[ElectricManatee]

I would pick a major holiday like Christmas or Thanksgiving and bring my spouse along. We would eat, do a jigsaw puzzle, and talk about literally anything except my issues. I would also befriend and pet her pretty dog who looks so very soft.

[MrsDuckL]

Originally Posted by ChickenNoodleSoup

I have actually thought about this before. If it were legal, I'd take some mind altering substance that lasts about a day and lets you explore your mind. I feel like with the guidance of a therapist, that would actually be very useful. Of course with him being sober, otherwise it'd be just be weird.

This reminded me of a section from Yalmon’s recent autobiography. He had his own therapy with Rollo May for a long time, and they remained close friends after the therapy ended. Apparently one night Yalmon and his wife + Rollo May and his wife all took escasty together. Yalmon swears it solved all his materal problems. I don’t know about solving marriage issues, but I would give no small amount of money to take a mind altering drug with my therapist. Otherwise I would settle for being drunk too, I think my T’s drunk self would be amazing.

[DP_2017]

Hang out with my dog, watch a movie together, go somewhere to eat and laugh

[toomanycats]

I don't think I'd want that with my current T...which is funny, because I also hate just being limited to 50 min. I think 2 hours is a good amount of time though.

ExT - well, that one is easy. Go hiking.

[maybeblue]

I don't think I'd want a whole day. I wouldn't want to eat in front of him because I'd think he would be judging how much and what I ate.

[stopdog]

I could barely abide an hour with the woman. A whole day sounds like punishment for some misdeed.

[Anne2.0]

I wouldn't do it. That would not be part of my therapy, or useful to me.

I'd want to go hiking and bring our drums with us so we could find a nice place to sit out in the desert to drum and journey together.

[nottrustin]

Originally Posted by MoxieDoxie

Does EMDR-T know about Talk Therapy T? I have a regular T but made a appointment for an EMDR T and was hoping to be able to keep both. I just don't know how insurance will allow that and I can not afford to pay.

We som times talk about talk T. (T1) We have the last couple of appointments discussed how T1 fits into the work EMDR T and I am doing, that type of thing.

I also talk to T1 about EMDR as it has been frustrating not because of anything she does but my not bro g able to communicate my frustration.

With insurance call you insurance company directly and explain that you are talk therapist but wondering of they would cover EMDR T at the same time. Mine told me they would cover both as long as I don't see them on the same day. T was surprised they would cover both.

[Fernwehxx]

Walk our dogs, hang out and chat about everything on our minds, chat about her job ( my future job), do whatever we feel like, have a bbq and sit outside with some drinks and stay up late into the night...
Something like that.

[ruh roh]

I can't imagine anything specific. I can barely tolerate a day with myself. I keep picturing that she would be losing things all over the place and running late or not paying attention—very different from therapy—so in a way, the ordinariness of it all would be kind of comforting.

[WarmFuzzySocks]

Go hiking. (But that's how I like to spend the day with people anyway. If I've got a whole day with someone, enjoying nature is a great way to spend it.) Talk about things that are not the hard things in my life, like parenting adult children or baking or all the rest of the daily life things we chit-chat about when we're easing into or out of a session.

[Hazelgreen]

I would just like to be around her. We could talk or watch something or just sit. I like myself better when I’m around her. She brings out good in me where I didn’t think there was any.