[emmaleemochizuki]

How does it actually work?

Do you talk to your T about what happened? in detail? or how you feel about it?

What does it mean by 'processing trauma' in terms of therapy?

[MissUdy]

I think the idea is to put your Traumatic experiences and feelings into words, dance, art etc. Then it’s processed from a traumatic place in to a place of meaning where we can own the experiences and feelings, rather than be so negatively affected by all of it. Or something like that.

[Omers]

I did collages and T supported me while I shared what ever I felt I needed to say. Most of what I shared was realizations about my abusers and how it still plays out in my life and feelings. He would have listened to details if I needed to share them. T made sure I was going through it at an emotional level I could tolerate.

[NP_Complete]

I think it's kind of up to you. Do you want to talk in detail about it? Or do you feel like you want to talk about your feelings about what happened? What do you feel would feel helpful to you? You can start by just saying that something happened and leave it at that for weeks or months until you want to bring it up again. I've found that I want to revisit things multiple times and my therapist is welcoming of that. Sometimes he only gets part of the story until I'm ready to share some new part that feels especially shameful to me. I don't know how it works exactly, but I do know that there's a bit of relief in sharing. This is what works for me in therapy.

[Rive.]

Your T will guide you through it.

There is no 'should'. You go at your pace... you give as many or as few details as you wish.

This would best be discussed with your T as each one's individual approach will differ.

[nottrustin]

Both of my therapists have said they do not need details. however if I need to talk about details they welcome it. So really it is up to me what I share. I have given almost no detail. Although once while using EMDR O gave a bit of detail that really bothered me and I was uncomfortable after the fact.

[stopdog]

I never found out. I tried it but talking about stuff never made a difference and the woman I hired never would explain what the point of talking about it was supposed to be. The one I hired did not guide me through anything, there was no relief or anything other than pointlessness in talking about it, and the one I hired refused to explain the point. Apparently some people find it useful to talk about -but I never did.

[nottrustin]

Originally Posted by stopdog

I never found out. I tried it but talking about stuff never made a difference and the woman I hired never would explain what the point of talking about it was supposed to be. The one I hired did not guide me through anything, there was no relief or anything other than pointlessness in talking about it, and the one I hired refused to explain the point. Apparently some people find it useful to talk about -but I never did.

since they were not allowed to talk I can see why.

[stopdog]

Originally Posted by nottrustin

since they were not allowed to talk I can see why.

Your snarkiness aside - the second one talked - uselessly, but she did talk. And the first one started off talking - but she was worse than useless - and it was her suggestion to stop talking - I just enforced it. I also would have let her explain - I constantly asked her to do so - but she just gave me idiotic crap about nonsense. I talked about csa and it did not help anything.

[emmaleemochizuki]

Thank you for everyone's kind replies.