Posted by HannahW on October 9, 2003, at 23:20:27
In reply to Considering abandoning this self-directed thing, posted by DSCH on October 9, 2003, at 16:20:21
I can totally relate. Depression has a way of sapping our intelligence/attention and making us look like complete idiots! Even when it coudn't be further from the truth!
It sounds like abandoning the self-directed thing is a very good idea. No matter how intelligent you are, you can't know everything. Time to put our faith in people who have spent years studying the very issues we're dealing with. If you don't like your first one, move on to the next. Find one that isn't threatened by you being as smart (or smarter) than they are.
They're out there. Don't feel like you have to accept the first one you meet. Conduct some "interviews" with several therapists and ask them questions that are important to you. Will they let you participate in the decision making? How will they handle transference issues, if they come up? And whatever else is significant to you.Hannah
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