Trauma Healing

When I say, “Not every therapist is a good therapist”, I don’t mean there are bad therapist’s out there. I just mean not every one works for everyone. You need to be choosy. Find out what their specialties are. Read reviews. Give them at least four (4) sessions before determining if they are a fit for you.

I am extremely grateful for my therapist. We have been working together for five (5) years now. I’ve learned more from her in five (5) years than I’ve learned from anybody else, and I’ve been in therapy on and off since I was seventeen (17) years old, in some shape or fashion. And I do believe in talk therapy. Though, I should point out that individual talk therapy is not always enough. You need to practice new coping skills, often determined in therapy or DBT therapy. DBT stands for Dialectical Behavior Therapy. I’ll be starting this next week. I plan on showing up with an open mind in hopes of learning something. What’s the best about it is my therapist runs the DBT class, so it won’t be like starting over with another therapist.

I know very little about DBT, other than it’s supposed to challenge and help you get rid of old behaviors that no longer serve you and replace them with new behaviors that are more healthy. I will let you all know what I learn in my first session.