Posted by Dinah on July 25, 2008, at 12:16:31
In reply to Re: I want to cancel » Dinah, posted by antigua3 on July 25, 2008, at 8:52:49
I talked to him today and feel a bit better. He told me I don't really need to tell her anything I don't want to tell her. That probably all she needs to know is that I dissociate, not the details.
He also helped me figure out a way to tell her that I want to substitute the target of my enthusiasms.
He actually wrote down some wording I can use to explain everything in a short way that she would likely understand.
I signed the release so he can talk to her. But I don't know if he'll reach her before the appointment.
He reminded me that no hypnosis would take place next time, so I didn't need to worry about that at the moment. He thought it was amusing that I was afraid to find out hypnosis wouldn't work because I've been holding it in reserve. He said that if it weren't going to work, it wouldn't make a good tool to hold in reserve anyway, but acknowledged that there was a psychological benefit in thinking I had good tools still left.
I feel a lot calmer now, although that may just be an immediate benefit of his calm presence.
I guess I never quite understood how EMDR worked. I just know that all that happened was that my eyes got tired and her arm got tired, and I didn't respond at all.
So if it's not the same as hypnosis, then I won't assume I won't respond to hypnosis just because I didn't respond to EMDR.
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