i’m looking for some tapper recommendations :)
i’ve seen a few different brands online but have seen mixed reviews. i don’t want to deal with anything too fiddly - and happy to use wires if it reduces issues of connection.
any help would be amazing!
i’m curious to hear from everyone what boundaries they establish with their clients in the first session, and what boundaries they uphold for the duration of treatment?
i’m curious about different things like contact outside of appointments, time boundaries and also boundaries you place when clients feel like they’re asking a lot of you. and also, whether there are some boundaries you will become more lenient on?
i’ve been curious about this as i’ve reflected on my own work boundaries and keen to hear from others professionals about what helps them maintain themselves in practice so they don’t fall into the trap of burnout.
thaks so much :)
i’ve got very blotchy red skin and it’s always white on my upper lip, and then recently even around my lips are so red and dry - can’t seem to keep them moisturised. this is a mild version of it but if i exert myself too much the red is very deep and noticeable compared to the other parts of my face.
what’s going on here? it’s so chronic and nothing seems to help. i have a good skin care routine and drink 2 litres of water a day.
i recently completed basic emdr training as part of work and i was looking forward to it honestly. but, we had to practice emdr on each other and i haven’t been the same since.
i really struggled to find an appropriate memory to use, but eventually landed on one that worked well enough. it didn’t seem too intense. and my partner did her best considering i also have adhd and needed adjustments.
but, my memory got stuck at a certain point and due to time constraints my SUDS was still at 3 and we had to move on to other things.
since then i have been processing more, which is expected but it’s been 3 days and i just feel worse and worse. i’ve started remembering things that were locked away and now i can’t stop thinking about it. i feel like im going crazy.
if i were actually in therapy i would just expect to go back to my therapist next week - but this was a training and i don’t have an emdr therapist to help finish the processing. i plan on getting one but i feel like it wont be fast enough.
i’m not sure what to do. i can’t seem to use the container or calm place because my brain feels so blocked.
has anyone else experienced this? any advice? 😭
EDIT: thank you to everyone who left very supportive comments, i appreciate it a lot.
to everyone else who decided to use this post to talk down on EMDR as a modality - calm your jets please. this post does not reflect EMDR as a modality, but just my own unresolved feelings and challenges that came from the process. i have a long history of trauma so it was incredibly difficult to find something to practice with.
my first two attempts were quickly changed due to it being too uncomfortable. i was supported to find a low grade memory about getting lost - it was a funny memory for me. still, i hadn’t connected how it related to other feeder memories until i started processing a day later.
and, for the people who are being rude to me for not already having a therapist lined up or something; it is actually free to have some compassion. working in the field, you should know that it’s not always easy to have this.