Something fun: what would be your "dream" treatment plan?

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Idealy, we'd want to be able to split out of this body, and everyone into their own correct body.
This would require already in a situation where we have money/house/job, to be able to take care of the littlest ones, get those old enough in school, ect.

From that, individuals who need therapy can get it.
On to questions, above optimal situation possible or not.

How many times a week would you go to T?
If it was everyone in 1 body, 2-3, if we were split individually probably 1-2
Where would the sessions be? What would the environment/office look like?
Hm. I think in a dr office somewhere that feels safe.
How long would the sessions be?
2hr. It takes at least 20min to get any of us actually talking.
Male or female T?
Doesn't matter, have to just feel safe around 'em
What therapeutic methods?(CBT, humanistic, EMDR, art, etc.)
Um... Ask morgan, I don't understand this $#%^.
What would the sessions include?(play therapy, movement, relaxation, etc.)
See above
Would it include group therapy?
With the lot of us, sure. With others. I can only think of 1 other system we'd be OK with doing 'group therapy' with.

How many times a week would you go to T?
~Twice a week. I hate the week-long wait between sessions, it always makes me forget things in between, and it's just difficult for us all around.

Where would the sessions be? What would the environment/office look like?
~Indoors. Somewhere light and airy...kind of playful-looking? Light blues and clouds. Somewhere where we could feel safe.

How long would the sessions be?
~An hour to 90 minutes...possibly running to 2 hours if the situation really warranted it [in crisis, having a hard time getting an adult back out, etc.] And I really would prefer them not to be looking at the clock/their watch the last 15 minutes. I'm not just...a package to be rushed out the door, y'know?

Male or female T?
~Female T without a doubt. Male T's frighten us.

What therapeutic methods?(CBT, humanistic, EMDR, art, etc.)
~Hmm. I think just talk therapy for the most part, I'm not really sure what would work best for us. Maybe a combination of a lot of different things and trying new things as well...I think we're pretty open to what might work. As long as they listen when we tell them something is making things worse.

What would the sessions include?(play therapy, movement, relaxation, etc.)
~Omg, DEFINITELY play and art therapy for the littles [ok and me ]. For one thing, they have a hard time talking about bad stuff without getting super upset--I think play and art would help them express themselves. And it would just be fun sometimes, too. Relaxation never seems to work properly with me. Really, we'd also want some of it to be where we could just be ourselves, like maybe sometimes someone switches out just to talk to someone who actually understands that they're there, they exist, they're in this body...everyone inside really wants that to happen at some point.

Would it include group therapy?
~I'd love to try it, at least. Hopefully at a group where we could all be ourselves. We wish we could have group play time with a few other multiples we know. It would be really cool.

LOL to Una's post! Futuristic indeed, but hey, there are no limits here, it's "dream treatment plan!"

I definitely think that it should be a very big priority of the therapist to make sure that the client feels safe in the room. The very first T I went to for crisis counseling at my U asked me how I felt about the room(he was really experienced in trauma and EMDR), at which time I was pretty confused, since I really didn't consider to have undergone any kind of trauma. But NOW, after being in so many different offices, and after opening up feelings, I am starting to realize how IMPORTANT that is! Honestly I don't think I could have dealt with ONE MORE brown leather couch As long as the office doesn't have that, I think I feel safe. And I actually prefer for the T to NOT have stuffed animals/toys visible in the office, for similar reasons. My own Wolfie in my backpack is enough for me

^Huh. I thought that our littles might like her to have stuffed aminals everywhere, but actually, it's like something just went EEP! and now everyone is telling me no, that would be bad, only OUR stuffed aminals are safe. Hmm.

25% of my treatment would be therapeutic discussions and the rest of the time yoga, meditation, martial arts and trips into nature, and taking care of owls or other wild birds.

Oh yes, my littles do not like other stuffed animals or toys, just ours.

And when I was thinking through this and read some other replies, suddenly they would like campouts. Obviously, no T in their right mind would camp over night with an adult client, so that is really far out there. Also, we wish that T would teach us stuff, like how to play the guitar or something. They loved school and learning and always got on well with teachers.

As for the room, which I forgot to answer, I have been to two of Ts offices that he works out of. One is very sterile, like a typical office building, office furniture, office desk, office chair. The other looks almost like an office someone might have in their own home. The first is hard to feel comfortable in (memories came up much easier in the second), but the second had furniture that reminded us of someone they don't like...so, what I really would need is just to have an interior designer work with the kids on somewhere they'd feel safe. LOL. They like having blankets and books and it would get to be too much if I am bringing my own stuffed animals and a blanket and books. So, maybe a secure cubby for them to keep their stuff? Anyway, I would like the office to feel homey, not too formal, and to be somewhere that reminds us of T and his personality.