Therapy recommendations for old trauma?
I’ve gone through years of traditional talk therapy but keep getting stuck in a rut where I live so much in my brain and am so sensitive to how I’m seen by people around me that I can’t turn off the intellectual defense and I don’t really get anywhere with dealing with the disconnect with my body related to old trauma. What are people’s experiences with something like somatic therapy and/or have you found any therapists or type of therapy to be helpful in bypassing the brain or getting past the intellectual defense wall?
May 26, 2018
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In my experience EMDR therapy is super helpful to work with the old trauma especially when your intellectual defenses don't let you process the somatic responses. I think EMDR is helpful when your heart and your head are in two different places. Your head "knows" how you are supposed to feel and think but you do not "feel" so in your heart. Somatic therapy is good too. So you might look for therapists that have both tools. Hope you find what you need.