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Getting therapy for past abuse/rape - October 14th 2017, 03:59 PM
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Hello everyone,
I know that I haven't posted in a while, or a lot on here. I have a regular user account that I often use.
I'm starting therapy to help me over come past sexual abuse and rape that I went through as a child.
My counselor is a male counselor, and he wants to use Prolonged Exposure therapy to treat my PTSD symptoms. I'm so nervous to talk in great detail about the events with a male counselor. Has anyone had a male counselor/therapist and was raped/sexually abused? If so, how did you get over the fear of talking to a male (if you have that fear,) I know that I'm going to need to talk about it to finally heal from the trauma.