Welcome to the Forum for the Structured Educational Program

Hi alicemae, and welcome to the SEP! Go to top of this page, click on "Structured Educational Program". When you get to that page click on Post New Thread on the upper right, then there will be a box for the prefix with a dropdown arrow. Drop that arrow and you'll see the choice of days.

 

Hello, Fabi - and welcome to the SEP! Go to the top of this page, click on "Structured Educational Program" (it looks like this:

When you get to the new page, click on Post New Thread in the upper right corner, then there will be a box for the prefix with a dropdown arrow. Drop that arrow and you'll see the choice of days.

 

Hi TeeJay:
I hope someone with experience of Alan Gordon's Recovery Program will help answer your question. Have you read the discussion here?: http://www.tmswiki.org/forum/threads/welcome-to-the-tms-recovery-program-subforum.2102/

I can tell you that the SEP is just what it says - it's Structured, with a daily reading or video, a daily exercise and a daily "question to ponder". It's designed to take things slowly and give you plenty of time to absorb the work, perhaps read another book or take up the practice of meditation or mindfulness.

There are many ways to do this work, and no one way that works for everyone, but if you read and engage in forum posts and success stories you will find the things that resonate for you and find your way to recovery.

 

Hi Fabi:

You can't actually mess things up (that's your perfectionist personality ) but as Mike said you don't want to get overwhelmed by trying to do too much at once.

The SEP is very structured and has you do just a little bit every day. If you have a lot of other concerns (like being a single mother with a teenage son!) perhaps the SEP would be a better choice for you. However, quickly reading through Alan Gordon's Recovery Program just to get an overview of his process might be very useful before you start the SEP.

There are actually many ways to do this work and I can see from your other posts that you are already making progress!

~Jan

 

Hi Adam,

I'm sorry that when you clicked on the link it was dead. Would you be willing to click on it again to see if it is still dead for you? I clicked on it just now and it opened right up. I did have to scroll down a bit to get to the story, but that's just due to the layout of the site where she posted the story.

Here's the link:
http://tmswiki.wikifoundry.com/account/Peghanson

 

Hello, PIB, and welcome!

I would say that it's highly recommended to read one of Dr Sarno's books before starting the SEP, because doing this work means understanding his theories before starting to do exercises based on them.

That being said, if I've learned anything in four years, it's that everyone is different,and we all recover in different ways. You can't hurt yourself by starting the SEP whenever you want to, and the first days are definitely introductory. The only risk is that you might not get the most benefit from some of the later days, but if you keep reading, it will probably be just fine.

Also, you can always go back and redo any of the days. There are no rules about when you do the work. The only rule I personally require of myself is to be honest with myself st all times.

Good luck, and keep us posted in the SEP subforum!

 

Well, I'm a tax accountant, not a therapist, so I'm not able to answer that question from any professional point of view. The SEP is not meant to be intense therapy, but is more about self-discovery. Although some people report intense reactions on occasion.

You might consider asking this question in the Help subforum, because we probably have members who have been in therapy while doing this work, and may have an opinion.

There you go, you're already catching on to the tricks your primitive brain will play on you.