Re:choosing cognitions

Thanks for the response.

Actually, in my case, it was the introject going "don't you dare make ME feel or have needs". That is why the emphasis on needs was difficult for me. But it took me a long time to realize that, esp as the introject refused to show up for treatment, and because it makes enormous intuitive sense that working on needs will be gentler and kinder than working on traumas. And for many "parts of self" that did, indeed, work well.

However, at this point, for me (a more integrated me, I think), it turns out working on trauma works better... the introject is more willing to admit maybe having needs if small, fractionated pieces of trauma can be resolved. (That is, in itself, "needs meeting", to resolve and diminish PTSD symptoms.) It is a slow "learning" that needs are "ok". Asking directly about needs, on the other hand, felt confrontational and intrusive. Perhaps my needs in therapy changed.

We are all different, and different at different times... what works for one person, at one time, does not work for another. Esp with dissociative clients, where so much triggers, it helps if clincians can offer more than one approach to treatment and are flexible. At least, that has been my experience.

Thanks, again.

Replies:

Re:choosing cognitions, by Sandra Paulsen Inobe PhD, 08/07/03 ego state work, by wondering, 08/08/03 Re:ego state work, by Opinionated, 08/08/03 Re:ego state work, by wondering, 08/09/03 Re:ego state work, by Sandra Paulsen Inobe PhD, 08/10/03 termination, by wondering, 08/10/03 afterthought, by wondering, 08/10/03 Re:afterthought, by Sandra Paulsen Inobe PhD, 08/11/03 Re:afterthought, by wondering, 08/11/03

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