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Dr. Galovski Getting into the details of your trauma is really an important part of any kind of trauma focused therapy and so,
that's part of PTSD; avoiding thinking about and avoiding talking about those kinds of things.
Dr. Monson: We're trying to get a story, kind of like putting together a movie instead of snapshots of different things that have happened.
So we're trying to have a more continuous narrative or story about what happened.
Mr. Beasley Most people are very strong and very capable given the support,
and I think that's the real thing here to be aware of: You have a supporting therapist in the office with you.
Dr. Rogers You need to be able to focus on it.
You need to be able to communicate to the therapist whether the memory is changing or not,
and that's really what the therapist is keying off of: is it moving or is it stuck?
Do I have to intervene to get it moving again? Are we getting down to a zero distress level or not?
And so that's the most important thing that a client needs to communicate.
Dr. Monson There's not an expectation that you dive in and talk about every detail of what happened in the first couple of sessions.
Dr. Yoder The short of it is: if somebody wants to heal from posttraumatic stress disorder
they need to have a willingness to face what makes them feel afraid, and that often involves talking about their trauma
and it involves confronting situations that are safe, but are labeled as threatening because of their trauma.
So it involves a lot courage and bravery and a willingness to face what one is afraid of,
and what that does, is it removes the anxiety from the memories, from the situations,
and allows the natural healing process to take place.