Posted by Medusa on January 27, 2004, at 2:50:34
In reply to EMDR didn't do a thing for me, posted by Dinah on January 26, 2004, at 20:14:37
I'm not sure what the connection is, but one systems-approach therapy institute supports Francine Shapiro.
www.mri.org
Dinah, if you want rapid results, I can't say enough about a family systems approach. It's no fun, and certainly not a replacement for talk therapy if you like what talk therapy gives you, but it's made big changes for me very quickly.
If you're willing to try something different, and you want the fast change, this could be worth trying.
If you want empathetic listeners, this approach would probably feel pretty harsh to you. It does to me, but "nice" therapists didn't help me figure out how to relieve my pain, and I'm in enough that I'm willing to feel worse for a little while. I presume that every institute differs, maybe there are "nice" systems therapists - but you know what I think about therapists' motivations, 'niceness' included. Anyway, I don't think that mine would help me with anxiety attacks. (Which are much worse currently.) They'd probably see this as indications that the subject I'm on is really "dangerous" territory for me, and that I'm working on the right area. I presume that the panic etc will subside once I've resolved the guts of this issue.
In the meantime, it's h@ll. I feel terrible, I look worse. And yeah, I'm recommending it, if you're desperate enough to try therapy that gets to the roots with a big knife.
And no, it doesn't have to be in an observed setting, although I'm convinced that the therapist's work is a lot more focused when s/he knows s/he's under scrutiny.
I can look up institutes in your area, if you're comfortable e-mailing me what geographical area you're in. Or I can suggest books, but frankly, what I read in books terrifies me so much, I don't think I'd keep up the work if I didn't have deadlines and homework (and the bill hanging over my head, that I want to keep to a minimum).
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