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For one, having a trauma-aware therapist made a huge impact on my early progress. I specifically sought this out, and switched therapists to find the person I c

For one, having a trauma-aware therapist made a huge impact on my early progress. I specifically sought this out, and switched therapists to find the person I currently work with. Standard talk therapy with elements of CBT, but trauma-awareness was the difference between me melting down in session and not. I've been using the same Waking Up app mentioned in the sibling comment. I started going down a bit of a rabbit hole on consciousness awhile back, and eventually that led me to Sam Harris, and his book "Waking Up" was a bit of a gateway for me. I then started using the app, which is like taking everything you read about in the book and having it carefully presented to you bit by bit as you go through the practice. It's the first app that actually made meditation make sense to me, and the results have been life changing for me. It's mindfulness meditation also known as Vipassana, or "seeing things as they really are". Regarding Yoga, I've been using the "Yoga with Adriene" channel on YouTube. I'm not very experienced with this yet, but taking one of her 30 day journeys was a great way to get into it. I could feel my body get stronger bit by bit, and my awareness of the sensations in my body (something I've struggled with due to repressed trauma) has improved significantly.

bravura 4y ago
For ANYONE seeking a good therapist and bewildered by the options, I also suggest to start with a (licensed) therapist with a specialty in trauma. Even if you don't think you have trauma. A typical therapist is almost zero-impact, you breeze through pre-prepared scripts and they nod and smile and you leave and back-pat and pay a bill. By typical, I mean in the center of the bell-curve. According to my lived experiences, and that of close friends. A therapist with impact will sit and listen and smile, and then they'll simply repeat something you said or ask an innocent question or laugh, and this small gesture will cause a satori-like awareness of what was previously invisible to you. I've never found a trauma-aware therapist incapable of reaching out and touching you deeply. This is the "I have rust on my resume, even if you don't code rust" of the therapist world. [edit: If it needs to be said plainly, run like hell from any unlicensed practitioner who focuses on trauma.]
- prox 4y ago
  This I agree with. I found someone who was bring into my awareness the difference between the old and new so I could viscerally feel it throughout my system, which made it complete and it felt truly like something had healed.

bravura 4y ago

For ANYONE seeking a good therapist and bewildered by the options, I also suggest to start with a (licensed) therapist with a specialty in trauma. Even if you don't think you have trauma. A typical therapist is almost zero-impact, you breeze through pre-prepared scripts and they nod and smile and you leave and back-pat and pay a bill. By typical, I mean in the center of the bell-curve. According to my lived experiences, and that of close friends. A therapist with impact will sit and listen and smile, and then they'll simply repeat something you said or ask an innocent question or laugh, and this small gesture will cause a satori-like awareness of what was previously invisible to you. I've never found a trauma-aware therapist incapable of reaching out and touching you deeply. This is the "I have rust on my resume, even if you don't code rust" of the therapist world. [edit: If it needs to be said plainly, run like hell from any unlicensed practitioner who focuses on trauma.]

prox 4y ago
This I agree with. I found someone who was bring into my awareness the difference between the old and new so I could viscerally feel it throughout my system, which made it complete and it felt truly like something had healed.