My super power was dissociation and my counselor took my super power away. Well, it felt like that. Dissociation is the ability to disconnect, disengage and not be there for an experience. Lilly Hope Lucario https://themighty.com/2017/08/life-impacting-symptoms-of-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/ Lilly agrees with me that dissociation is a coping tool. Works amazingly during times of extreme trauma. Using dissociation…
Needs shiny armor and white horse. Feeling helpless as a child I wanted someone to rescue me. That same theme is echoed in many childhood stories of someone swooping in and saving the day – EVERYDAY. The Lone Ranger, Mighty Mouse, The Prince in Cinderella and Snow White, Lassie, all continue this theme of someone…
The first time I was introduced to the inner child concept I didn’t get it. The second time I was introduced to the inner child concept I thought it was ridiculous. Yea. This was not gelling in my head. I was crowded enough I did not need one more insider. I lived with multiple personalities…
I am in holiday season mode. Maintaining and not moving too much. Hence, the breaks and gaps between posts. https://ptsd-acceptingcopingthriving.com/2018/11/15/phases/ A couple of weeks back I posted about the “Gold Standard” of counseling being taught in phases. My experience was I wanted to get strait to the processing and hurry up and get it over…
Hey, my counselor did this. Every so often I read something that a therapist should do and it is exactly what my therapist did do but didn’t spell out exactly. https://www.blueknot.org.au/Workers-Practitioners/For-Health-Professionals/Resources-for-Health-Professionals/Best-Practice-Guidelines Phase 1 – Make sure the client is safe and stabilized. If they are still in an abuse situation and in danger, the whole…
I am continuing on the list of things that are recommended for therapist to do. I believe these are important to recognize for the client because as a person seeing a therapist I can make the work harder or easier. If I understand what my own options are I can work towards my strengths. Sadly,…
Psychologist have their own language that they use to communicate with each other and without a great deal of study leave their client kind of in the dark as to what is going on. https://www.blueknot.org.au/Workers-Practitioners/For-Health-Professionals/Resources-for-Health-Professionals/Best-Practice-Guidelines 11. Ensure the therapeutic model/approach promotes integration of functioning, and contains the `core elements’ consistent with research findings in the neurobiology…
