Posted by pegasus on January 12, 2012, at 12:13:13
In reply to Re: PTSD, posted by LLee on January 12, 2012, at 11:51:09
Yeah, that's one reason some of the new trauma therapy methods are really great. They don't require you to necessarily talk much about your trauma. The processing is mostly done internally, with the help of some tools that stimulate the part of your brain that can process and integrate the experience, to reduce its charge. And with the guidance of a good T, of course, who can help you keep from getting all activated from remembering the trauma.
If you can't afford a psychiatrist's usual fees, there might be ways that you can still find help. What have you tried so far? MA level counselors are usually much less expensive than psychiatrists, and some have sliding scale fees that go pretty low. A fair number of them, around here at least, are trained in trauma therapy methods like EMDR. And sometimes there are community services that you might have access to.
What I'm trying to say is that there is a lot of hope for recovering from PTSD. But I think it does take a particular type of assistance. You may need to look for a while before you find the right kind of help, considering your lack of financial resources at this point. But I hope you won't give up looking for it. We might be able to offer suggestions here.
You can find EMDR trained counselors, psychologists and psychiatrists at http://www.emdria.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=235 . Or even at Psychology Today (http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/?utm_source=www&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=topnav_find_therapist) if you filter by choosing EMDR from the list of treatment orientations. That site also lets you get a sense for the fees a therapist charges, and whether they have a sliding scale.
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