sensorimotor therapy

I talked to a therapist today upon a referral I received from a counselor I had at an outpatient program in my area. I'm a littler disheartened to learn that she does not to EMDR but uses sensimotor therapy (sp?) I asked her if she has experience in treating anyone with DDNOS and her answer was an emphatic yes. She seemed kind of bitchy at first but I warmed up to her within a few minutes and she was nice to talk to. She's willing to offer me a pretty decent sliding scale the same as my current T. She was surprised at my current T's approach to dealing with my issues and thinks I'm right in pursuing other options in which I agree. I'm really nervous and am just wondering how this will all pan out. I want to get better so badly but don't want to waste time or money searching for the right T for me. This sucks. Has anyone ever heard of sensimotor therapy as a means to healing for DDNOS? Does it have to be hypnosis as an approach? Should I seek someone out that does hypnosis and deals w/ DDNOS? Now I already made the appt. and feel obligated to go, that's the other problem that I have. I'm not necessarily upset that I committed myself to an appt. I'm just worried I'm making the wrong choice and should be seeking someone out with a different approach to dissociation. She specializes in trauma and dissociation. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

One more thing too-wouldn't something like sensimotor therapy be used for simple trauma?

Call this new T back and ask her to spell out the word for you, and write it down. Ask her also who developed it, and if there are books about it for therapists or clients, what are the titles. Then you can look it up and see what you'll be getting into.

Formerly hypnosis was used with dissociative clients, but this approach no longer is recommended.

There are many approaches to treating trauma disorders (dd being in that category), and sensorimotor is a big one. This is a perfectly legitimate approach, but it's up to you to find out what works for you as an individual. Part of what this is about is getting in touch with the body and using the body to release emotions. It's used for all trauma disorders, especially complex trauma disorders (again, which dd are). My suggestion is to try it and see how it fits for you. Taking a couple of weeks to check out this different approach isn't wasting nearly as much time as sticking with a therapist who you already feel is not helping you.

As for hypnosis, it's had it's time in the spotlight as the go to approach, but has so many potential risks involved with it that it's not worth the damage it can cause...

I wrote a post on this the other day in my blog (in my signature).

My therapist is a body psychotherapist which is what helped form the school of thought sensorimotor psychotherapy. I can't praise the technique enough. It REALLY works for me. It REALLY works to be able to explore issues with my body as well as just my words. I am reading a book on it at the moment which is specifically on trauma and sensori-motor psychotherapy. Obviously, the chemistry of the therapist is also very important but I don't think I'd go back now to "typical" psychotherapy. I definitely wouldn't go to hypnosis either. I'm quite happy just the way I am. And I don't think you can say that sensori-motor psychotherapy is only for simple trauma. It is very grounded in dissociation too.

You know how to reach me if you want to talk anymore about this topic. I am quite passionate about it.

Bourbon