Posted by The Therapist on 30/5/2011, 5:06 pm, in reply to "A little bit of joy"

Its surprising how few therapists know of pauresis. When I was doing my CBT training I was with 10 counsellors, psychotherapists and other mental health professionals and not one of them had heard of it. One of them even laughed when I mentioned it. (I was not impressed as I still had a significant level of AV at the time). My hypnotherapy supervisor also had never heard of it. The problem is that it is shame and embarrassment that drives this condition so noone wants to talk about it even with therapists. A big part in my recovery was being able to tell people. It helps you realise that its not the big deal that you think it is

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