Posted by alexandra_k on March 7, 2014, at 22:56:52
well... i have an ot (occupational therapist) instead of a t.
i think this is part of the... uh... decentralisation of psychology, thing, that the government's got going on. cheaper to employ nurses or social workers or occupational therapists to give therapy than clinical psychologists... and so...we click in a number of ways. she's into crossfit... which is basically... hard work in the gym. so that is a common interest. she said she hates getting her hair cut because hairdressers crap on about crap like american idol... i guess she is similarly... tom-boy-ish? and she seems reasonably smart. which is nice. so we sorta click... and sensory processing stuff... occupational therapy sorta interests me (in the way physiotherapy used to)...
but it isn't so great for the whole academic thing. again. obviously. because there isn't shared experience there. she doesn't quite get how i need to really master the content in my courses this year because next year will be a test in how quickly i can acquire new content / how well i can manage my time / figure out what is relevant and appropriately prioritise.
our last meeting... didn't go so well. but she was sneezing a lot with hayfever. and in a particularly judgy mood. i remember that... the tippy-toeing i have to do to make sure i avoid certain words like 'worry' or whatever that trigger whatever little speel people channel from dbt group skills training. sigh. when all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail. sigh.
i think mostly she just wasn't feeling well... i wonder if we can walk instead of sitting in a room? that would be nice. to walk around. i wonder if she can let go of... trying to fix me. just... listen. just shut her pie hole and listen. why is that so hard?
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