hope you love her, cause you're stuck with her now

[mishka422]

I really sounds like he desperately wants to stay connected to you in some way and the puppy is the perfect opportunity to do so. I guess you should look at it like parents with kids. They have a tenuous thread that holds them together, in some ways, through their kids. That can lead to more communication and working your way back toward each other. It could just be a thread and nothing more but if you want to put your R back together, I guess you may need to put up with it like this for a while.

Keep doing what you are doing though! Don't let him prattle on and on, make sure you continue all your activities (I don't see that ever being a problem for you!), and be kind to him without being too involved. Draw him back toward you slowly. See where the therapy takes him.

Did his C give him any idea of how long they expect to be doing this? I've heard most EMDR doesn't continue past 6 months. What have you heard?