Posted by Racer on October 13, 2006, at 20:50:02
In reply to Re: saw Ginny again » Lindenblüte, posted by wishingstar on October 13, 2006, at 14:57:05
> I saw Laurie today (it was less than great.. oh well) and she suggested I talk to Ginny about maybe doing individual once a week with her, and finding a group once a week. That's a possibility. I hate to leave a T who seems like she might be good for me.
But WishingStar? You haven't met this other T yet, have you? Maybe you'll walk into that session next week, and find The One?
I just wanted to remind you that you don't have to make a Permanent Decision about Ts today. You can wait, see the other T, maybe even see her twice in order to get a better idea of whether it feels like a good fit, maybe see her three or four times to see if it's gonna work -- and if it doesn't, Ginny's there, right?
Group might be really good, too. I think that's a great idea. Then again, I really like group. Even when I hate group, I like group, you know? :-D (Yes, I am nuts...)
When I was uninsured and my husband had been laid off (he had insurance), we saw a marriage counselor at an agency for low income folk. She was great, just darling sweet woman, very caring, and so on. At the time, I was supposed to be getting therapy at another agency, but that turned into a nightmare. (It's in the archives here, to make me shudder.) When she was talking to us in our marriage session about getting me into therapy at her agency, she pointed out that she was both our marriage counselor AND the director of counseling, so she supervised the interns. If I saw an intern there, I could be sure that MC was looking over her shoulder, making sure I got what I needed. It worked out for me, although I have to admit that I did need more than the intern could handle in the end. Then again, I needed more help than ANYONE there could handle, because my anorexia was so much worse by the time I got away from that other agency. I was also unmedicated -- again, longish story in the archives -- so my depression was far more than could respond much to therapy at that time.
Anyway, the whole point of all this is to say a couple of things:
1. You don't have to make up your mind today. See what the other T is like. (Monty Hall isn't here: you don't have to give up your prize in order to see what's behind door number 1.)
2. The intern will be supervised, and I'll bet Ginny will also be willing to say that if the intern isn't a good fit, she'll take you back. Maybe ask for a week or two with the new one, if you decide to try it with her, before you make a final decision?
3. I guess there really isn't a real 3, it's just my OCD -- everything has to come in groups of three... (Or maybe I thought there was a three, decided there wasn't, and thought that might make you smile?)
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