pilot
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Post by pilot on Mar 17, 2017 8:00:07 GMT
Are there any known successful therapies or methods to help an avoidant get to the point of comfortability, or even desire for intimacy? Has anybody every successfully crossed that chasm?
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Post by Sam on Mar 19, 2017 12:39:54 GMT
An avoidant firstly has to be aware that they need help and then willing to do something about it. Finding the right therapist is crucial.
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Post by gaynxious on Mar 19, 2017 17:27:16 GMT
There are definitely avoidants that have improved their tendencies and certainly some that have achieved earned security. Many have done so unknowingly by being in a loving relationship with another secure. As for individual therapy there are defiantly ways. One expert, Dan Siegel, uses a therapy focusing on developing a coherent narrative to reprocess maladaptive emotional memories. A legitimate criticism to his technique is that it's unproven, no clinical studies have been done. Some early, low number sample studies indicate EMDR can help achieve earned security within a year. Again these are early studies and no one really knows how or why EMDR works.
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