Wow what a great experience. She is super nice, super supportive. Super intuitive and smart. She doesn’t take my insurance but neither does any other trauma therapist in my area. She actually said she’s trying to sign up for Medicare to accommodate me. We did edmr I think it’s called. She knew a lot about me by just gauging me. She doesn’t pretend to be psychic or anything but she’s super intuitive like I said. I’m gonna pay out of pocket it was so good. We developed a safe place, a container and a protector while I held this little vibrating thing in both hands that alternates vibrating while I closed my eyes. She liked me and obviously I liked her. She said she could tell I’ve been through a lot and a lot of other things that made me feel good about myself. We talked about gratitude and whatnot. She had a beautiful home with comfy chairs and cool dog and it was just great 
. So happy I’m doing this.
Good luck :o) sounds nice!
Let us know how it all goes. That emdr stuff looks interesting.
Congrats @Goyankees!
I’m happy for you.
Well, it sure beats having a bad therapist.
Yay! Like I said, I LOVED EMDR!
What I described, with the vibrating thing and the safe place and container and protector, does that sound similar to what you did? She also gave me the option of just following her fingers with my eyes but I chose the vibrating thing.
Also my hands were shaking and she noticed it I said “yeah it’s been shaking the last couple days”. She said if I think it’s the medication. I said yes now that I think of it. I will tell my pdoc tomorrow but it’s definitely a side effect I can deal with considering the antidepressant seems to be working pretty well.
No, EMDR for me was playing a puzzle game. But maybe it’s changed since five years ago.
Like this?
Yes just like that!! You can feel your right hemisphere of your brain and your left being stimulated when she turns the device on, alternating back and forth. It’s pretty cool.
I’m super happy about your new therapist. I just know that’s gonna be a huge blessing for you. I’m not saying this to scare you but the first thing I noticed when I got tardive dyskinesia was my hands shaking. The lip pursing was going on but I myself didn’t realize I was doing it. Thank god we caught it early.
But TD is only from antipsychotics right? I’ve been on abilify as my lone antipsychotic for 3 1/2+ years now, no TD ever. It’s too much of a coincidence for it to not be because of the Zoloft. Which is an antidepressant.
I actually got td from abilify, but I don’t see why you would get it after 3 1/2 years, that would be too weird
edit, your docs will watch for it I’m sure. That is one thing they’re trained to do. When it first started even a psych nurse knew what it was and knew to call pdoc right away. Then another pdoc noticed it without being told I have it and my symptoms were super subtle at that time. They’ll know.
I swear this therapist could read my mind. She says “what was your traumas like, give me a very general idea”. I say “well there’s been a lot but the first was when I was about 11, it was bullying but it’s worse than it sounds, I’m not sure if I should go into it though but it was more than just 1 person doing the bullying” and she says “no i get a general good idea of what you’re talking about, it’s a very vulnerable time, we’re figuring out the world, really, at that age” and that is exactly what I experienced. It was based upon my lack of insight which allowed me to get bullied really badly to the point it was trauma.
Then I said I had substance abuse issues. She says well that’s a result of childhood trauma, the two are linked together often. And I couldn’t agree more.
Then she says “you’re a very visual thinker” which is 100% true. I don’t have a photographic memory, but I think in images. So she nailed that.
She also told me I was very spiritual and serene. I said “well I used to read eastern philosophy , not anymore, but it’s stayed with me” and she said “it sure has!”
I used the term yin and yang and she loved that. When I described my guardian/protector I said “I like how he’s powerful and strong and can protect me, but he’s still very humble” and she said “you value humility greatly” and I said I sure do!!! I loved it!!!
I tried EMDR too. I did three sessions then got an app too. I prefer taking actions to distract myself, it has been the best remedy. Such as cleaning, cooking, exercising, walking, just doing things is helping me. Maybe the method I did was not very good.