I look at my experience at the PTSD Center with very mixed feelings. I was looking for a place to go to try to rid myself of PTSD symptoms as a result of a recent trauma related to the illness of a family member.
From the beginning, I felt that I had to selectively work to use the treatment offered in a way I could be helped. Not all PTSD is as a result of childhood issues, yet I felt pigeon holed into this diagnosis. I had active acute symptoms that I had never had before the incident....so, my childhood had little or anything to do with what I was experiencing.
They offered me nothing to assist me with my symptoms, but it did give me the opportunity to speak with people at a time when all I wanted to do was talk about what I had been through as I processed my changed life (a symptom of PTSD). Finally, I decided it was time to leave and concentrate on individualized therapy, which worked very well.
The final item that made me wonder about the entire program was the lack of interest in my feedback. In order to stay current and aware of the success of their treatments, I would have thought they would have wanted this info. Instead....nothing. Made me wonder what their underlying interests truly were.
I can report that I am now symptom free thanks to my therapy. The Center could be so much more, but sadly, falls short.