I went to therapy on Wednesday. The entire purpose of therapy this go around was to find someone who was certified in EMDR because I would really like to process some of the experiences I've had and eliminate the strong feelings that are still associated with those experiences. I've been going for awhile and the therapist said that before we get to the actual work of EMDR, I needed to get all the traumatic experiences out into the open so that when we do it, nothing will come out and catch me off guard. So, for months, I've been going, talking about junk, and then leaving feeling emotionally spent, with the hope that eventually, it will all be for a purpose and worth the time and emotions spent. We finally got to current time--I got it all out--and she ended the session by telling me that she was sorry because she was leaving the practice. She didn't know where she was going next, was hoping to open her own clinic but that was going to take months to plan a...
