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"I do not know how to thank the DBT clinicians who taught me to live a better life while I was drowning in pain."

This year was the most challenging and yet, the most rewarding year of my life. 

I do not know how to thank the DBT clinicians who taught me to live a better life while I was drowning in pain.  

It was a very precious experience.  

I do not feel like crying, but I feel a little blue writing the treatment review.  

I have an entrance exam coming up, and I know I can overcome the challenge since I tackled through a tougher challenge already.  

I can do it! 

Post in Psychotherapy & Health
Tagged DBT 

During the pendemic, Dr. Cho and his team in Korea reached to people who are in great psychological assistance.

지금, 나는 행복합니다

DBT 후기

*  더 트리 심리클리닉 치료 프로그램 참여자들의 동의 하에 솔직한 치료 후기를 공개하고 있습니다.

"다른 곳에서는 전혀 짚어주지 않았던 발달장애까지 말씀을 해주셔서 그 사건 이후의 혼란을 정리하고 진정한 나를 되찾을 수 있었던 것 같습니다."

PE DBT 치료 내담자

지속노출치료와 DBT를 약 2년간 진행했습니다. 치료 이후 트라우마 관련된 기억이 불쑥불쑥 떠오르는 증상이 사라졌고 그것과 동반되는 분노 발작의 세기가 줄어들었습니다. 

10년간 트라우마때문에 내 본 모습을 잃어버렸다고 느꼈는데 원래의 나를 되찾은 것 같습니다. 그전에는 책 읽고 혼자 있는 것을 좋아했지만, 그 일 이후로 그러지 못하게 되었는데 다시 그런 취미 생활을 즐길 수 있게 되었습니다.
 
처음에 상담을 받았을 때부터 다른 곳과 달리 성폭력 트라우마에 전문적이라는 인상을 받아서 이 곳에서 상담을 시작했습니다. 상담을 받는 중에는 오히려 전보다 더 많이 울게 되는 것 같아서 힘들 때도 있었는데, 어느 순간 증상이 많이 나아진 것을 스스로 느끼고 놀랐었던 기억이 납니다. 

또한 다른 곳에서는 전혀 짚어주지 않았던 발달장애까지 말씀을 해주셔서 그 사건 이후의 혼란을 정리하고 진정한 나를 되찾을 수 있었던 것 같습니다. 

앞으로의 미래에 대한 걱정이 없지 않지만, 지금은 행복해졌다고 말할 수 있습니다.

Post in 심리치료 & 건강
Tagged DBT 

I believe that I can overcome any upcoming challenges

"I do not know how to thank the DBT clinicians
who taught me to live a better life while I was drowning in pain."

DBT Client

This year was the most challenging and yet, the most rewarding year of my life. 

 

I do not know how to thank the DBT clinicians who taught me to live a better life while I was drowning in pain.  

 

It was a very precious experience.  

 

I do not feel like crying, but I feel a little blue writing the treatment review.  

 

I have an entrance exam coming up, and I know I can overcome the challenge since I tackled through a tougher challenge already.  

 

I can do it! 

* We appreciate our clients for their honest and sincere testimonials. 

Learning to observe myself through DBT

"I was able to untangle my emotions one by one."
DBT Client

All my emotions were interconnected and continuously disorganised. This led me to suffer from insomnia and an eating disorder. My body rested but the exhaustion continued, I felt powerless. I acknowledged that this was a serious issue, and since I was not able to resolve it alone, I seeked for support. 

 

With DBT, I was able to untangle my emotions one by one, and I started to observe myself. For the past four months, I was able to understand myself better, and maintain the comfrot that I feel right now.  

 

Thank you, the Tree Group!  

* We appreciate our clients for their honest and sincere testimonials. 

A desert island life has changed.

"...my island has become a nice, relaxing site for a holiday."
DBT Client

One year ago, my life was like a desert island. 

 

Having consistent failures and struggles since I was young taught me feelings of helplessness and obsession, and my life became a ruined island. It was not easy for me to escape nor for others to come and save me from the rocky ocean on the island. 

 

Since I had visited various places already and came to the Tree Group as the fourth treatment center, I did not have a high expectation. And yet, as I learned more and more skills, my desert island started changing gradually. Starting off with talking about the way the “edible green kimchi” made me smile, I participated in DBT for a year, thinking that I am building a small and strong wooden tower inside myself. Now when I look up, I see that my island has become a nice, relaxing site for a holiday, perhaps.  

 

The past year was a great opportunity for me to gain so much, and now I feel happier than I could have imagined. Thank you very much.  

* We appreciate our clients for their honest and sincere testimonials. 

Finding my lost self

"I no longer feel excessive anxiety from uncertainty in life..."

Client, Center for International Psychological Services

I was able to find my lost self. Finding myself allowed me to take control of myself. I was able to manage the thoughts and emotions that have been exhausting me until now.  

 

There is nothing more difficult than starting the treatment in the beginning. Not knowing what the outcome would be, I felt stuck when I was told to do things throughout the treatment. The treatment process was also not easy. On some days, I could not reflect on myself nor regulate my emotions, and on other days I was overwhelmed with emotions and had a hard time. When I was feeling such pain, the treatment process felt like a torment to me. However, the torment made me stronger as a result.  

 

Thanks to my strong-willed and active participation with the treatment clinicians’ support, I no longer feel excessive anxiety from uncertainty in life and I am able to regulate my thoughts and emotions. Thank you to everyone who believed in me until the end of the treatment. 

* We appreciate our clients for their honest and sincere testimonials. 

Embracing the spring of positivity

"The confidence of knowing that I can do anything made me feel delighted."

DBT Client

Before I started my treatment, I was in a lot of pain.  

It was not easy for me to get through a cold winter.  

Anxiety and anger bullied me and my confidence hit rock bottom. 

But then, spring came to me. 

The flower of hope welcomed me. The butterflies spreading positivity embraced me and I learned to challenge myself. 

The confidence of knowing that I can do anything made me feel delighted.  

I am happy. 

I feel comfortable, joyous and proud. 

One cannot trade the value of treatments with anything else.  

The Tree Group’s treatment was an unforgettable, jewel-like experience in my life. 

Now, I am going to live my life brightly and fragrantly. 

* We appreciate our clients for their honest and sincere testimonials. 

Feeling depressed is not who I am

"I found my true self."

CBT, DBT Client

I thought I was going to stay this way. A depressed, hopeless, lazy and useless person. That was why I felt more downhearted. I could not believe this was who I was. How am I going to live another 80 years of my life feeling so helpless? I wanted to rather die. 

 

‘Whatever, this is who I am, therapy isn’t going to help me.’ I thought. I was annoyed and had doubts. 

 

Somehow, I started the treatment. Although I felt lazy to attend DBT Class and individual therapy sessions with my therapist, gradually I started having hope in getting better. I learned to believe that feeling depressed is not who I am, and I found my true self by working hard during the sessions. I am able to accept and validate undesirable characteristics of myself as well. 

 

I know that this is not the end of my journey, so I am going to continue working harder. I would like to continue applying the skills I learned at the Tree Group to my life and to learn the accepting attitudes demonstrated by the kindhearted clinicians.  

 

The Tree Group was the biggest fortune in my life. Thank you.  

* We appreciate our clients for their honest and sincere testimonials. 

Taking a step forward

"Staring at the snow outside my window, I feel peaceful as usual."

DBT Client

In March, when everybody is busy with starting a new term, I had decided to take a semester off and I was forced to visit the Tree Group by my friend. 

 

At that time, I trembled every night, because I was scared that I was going to harm myself.  

I was only filled with anger towards people who had harmed me.  

So, I spent every single day with pain and darkness.  

 

But now, I can write about those times with peace in mind as I have taken a step forward, away from the pain. Staring at the snow outside my window, I feel peaceful as usual.  

* We appreciate our clients for their honest and sincere testimonials. 

My favourite place

The Tree Group was my favourite place, I felt happy that I made new friends.

Child Client, School of LifeㅣActive Learning Center

“Hello,

 

My name is _____ and I am graduating the Tree Group. 

 

I am finally graduating. 

 

The Tree Group was my favourite place, I felt happy that I made new friends.

 

I don’t want to say goodbye to the teachers here. 

 

Thank you for helping me. Goodbye.”

 

* We appreciate our clients for their honest and sincere testimonials.