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Oct 21, 2008, 03:29 PM
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My T wants to start doing EMDR with me again. I've done lots of EMDR in the past and found it really helpful so I'm ok with it. But she said she wanted to try a new treatment protocol on it, and she wanted me to read about it before hand, so that I'd understand what was going on. So she gave me a copy of a fairly technical psych article to read.
On the one hand, I'm glad that she wants me to be an informed participant in my therapy (she takes informed consent to treatment very seriously), on the other hand it's the first time she's done this so I'm wondering if she's proposing something particularly challenging. And frankly I'm having a bit of trouble following the article. Anyone else's T ever do this to them? --splitimage
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Oct 21, 2008, 03:51 PM
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Yes, my T and I share scholarly articles. If there is something I don't understand I can usually find out something about it online and then I make a note to ask him about it. IMHO, I think it is a compliment to you that your T shares this with you. Just don't hesitate to ask questions about what you don't understand. And I often ask for a general overview too.
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Oct 21, 2008, 04:09 PM
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For any therapy to work, we have to be on board. I was just in talk therapy but different "parts" my T and I would discuss. They need us to understand. I think Foreverlost has a great suggestion in taking notes on the paper/asking questions of your T. If you don't understand what's going on, you can't very well participate, but I think since it's new altogether, it's probably not something your T has done much either, so I think rather than particularly "challenging" it may be that it is just new. Ask your T why she suggested it! :-)
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Oct 21, 2008, 04:50 PM
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Psych articles?! Wheeeeeeeeee, fun! (Ok, that's the psych major in me coming out - I love reading about interesting stuff).
Maybe she thinks you'd be interested in it? Nobody says you HAVE to read it in depth if you don't want to... if you know what EMDR is (I have very very basic knowledge of it) ... then I think you already know what you're getting yourself into! ((((((((((((splitimage)))))))))))))))
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Oct 21, 2008, 05:05 PM
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Hi splitimage
No my T hasn't done this but if the article is technical why not ask T to explain it in lay terms? 
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