Psycho-Babble Psychology Thread 581155

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I went for an assessment...

Posted by cubic_me on November 22, 2005, at 6:04:46

to start therapy again. When I finished group last April I didn't go back to individual therapy, but a month or so back things started getting bad agian so I went back to my old T for some advice. She said I need long term therapy, which she can't offer as she is retiring next year so said to try a government supported therapy service with low fees (I'm a student).

I went for my assessment there yesterday - it was with a T that only does assessments. She treated me like an idiot and kept making symathetic faces at me and telling me how awful this and that must've been, yuk.

She had to talk to her collegues to see whether it was 'safe' to start therapy with me (as things can get worse before they get better etc) - but if I was so bad that therapy was unsafe I have no idea what would happen. Anyway, it seems it is safe and I have been put on a 3 month waiting list, I dont know whether that is for medium term or long term therapy.

I'm really hoping the T I get allocated is better than this one. It took me a year or so to trust my old T, I'm hoping it doesn't take that long with this one. I wish I had enough money to choose my own therapist!

 

Re: I went for an assessment... » cubic_me

Posted by B2chica on November 22, 2005, at 9:13:26

In reply to I went for an assessment..., posted by cubic_me on November 22, 2005, at 6:04:46

i am so happy to see you here, it's been forever!

but i am sorry to hear that the t you wanted is retiring. i know for me at first i had 3 sessions a week and that REALLY helped push the trust thing through, i don;t know if that's an option for you price wise, but it's worth the thoughts.

i've skipped the last two or three dbt sessions but i think cuz of the holiday i need to go this saturday, just to keep my emotions in line, ya know?

take care of yourself cm
b2c.

 

Re: I went for an assessment...

Posted by Gee on November 22, 2005, at 15:04:28

In reply to Re: I went for an assessment... » cubic_me, posted by B2chica on November 22, 2005, at 9:13:26

I understand what you're going through. I hope you get a T that you like. I ventured out to try and get a T here at the uni, but I really didn't like her, and she terminated me after 2 sessions.

I know I should get back to thearpy, because now that I'm starting to feel better, other issues are starting to come out that I had hid for so long

You know, if you dont' like the T that gets assigned to you, you can always ask for another one...

I hope it all works out for you

 

Re: I went for an assessment... » cubic_me

Posted by alexandra_k on November 22, 2005, at 15:26:44

In reply to I went for an assessment..., posted by cubic_me on November 22, 2005, at 6:04:46

cubic_me!!!
:-)

Nice to see you here...

Ugh. I hate assessments and I hate waiting lists too. And what I tend to hate even more... Is being assigned to someone who isn't so suitable :-( Still... I should say that I have had some pretty terrific therapists who were assigned to me, so I really hope you get someone who you fit well with.

I remember a thread you posted a while ago... I couldn't think of anything to say at the time... But something occured to me since then...

I think I remember hearing / reading somewhere... That it is common / fairly normal to be afraid of death when doing medicine. Because... You are confronted with dying / dead people. And so that kind of confronts one with ones own mortality.

I thought about medicine... But I'm more an arts / social science person than a science person (which has rather too much math in it for my liking). But dissections etc... I was a little worried about those... Whether I would be okay with that or not. I kind of figured... That after studying anatomy for a while it would be interesting and loose its 'ew yuk' response. I'm always amazed at how blaze my GP is over handling my urine samples. I mean, yeah it is in a sealed plastic container but I feel grossed out giving it to her. Its still warm through the plastic! But I guess... If you think about all the information in the sample then it seems more interesting than yuk. And I guess I'd love to dissect a brain after having studied neuro-anatomy and struggling a little to turn the 2d representation in the text into a 3d picture in my head...

Anyway... I just wanted to say that I've heard that what you were talking about is fairly typical. If that helps a little...

> to start therapy again. When I finished group last April I didn't go back to individual therapy, but a month or so back things started getting bad agian so I went back to my old T for some advice. She said I need long term therapy, which she can't offer as she is retiring next year so said to try a government supported therapy service with low fees (I'm a student).

> I wish I had enough money to choose my own therapist!

Yeah, I hear you.
Still, I hope you get someone really terrific :-)

 

Re: I went for an assessment...

Posted by cubic_me on November 24, 2005, at 15:58:15

In reply to Re: I went for an assessment... » cubic_me, posted by alexandra_k on November 22, 2005, at 15:26:44

Thankyou guys for your supportive replies. I've not been able to get online for a few days and it was great to see you still remember me :) Since I stopped therapy proper I've visited sometimes but not posted much (it's harder to post in the therapy section when you haven't got a T!)

All I know is that the T I get will be female, as they are all female at the place I'm going (with only female clients too).

It threw me a bit when the assessment T told me I could sit in either of the chairs - I prefer to be told what to do, rather than be left wondering where other people normally choose to sit! Those little things about therapy still fascinate me.

I'll be sure to let you know when I start therapy proper. It seems strange, like starting all over again, but at the same time feeling completely new and alien.

 

Re: I went for an assessment... » cubic_me

Posted by daisym on November 24, 2005, at 16:51:01

In reply to I went for an assessment..., posted by cubic_me on November 22, 2005, at 6:04:46

I'm glad you took action. It did seem that the group therapy didn't work very well for you. I hope you don't have to wait too long to get started. Until then, please take care of yourself.

Did you take the hook down yet? I think of that from time to time.

Daisy

 

Re: I went for an assessment... » daisym

Posted by cubic_me on November 25, 2005, at 4:23:30

In reply to Re: I went for an assessment... » cubic_me, posted by daisym on November 24, 2005, at 16:51:01

> Did you take the hook down yet? I think of that from time to time.
>

Wow, I'm suprised you remembered that! I never did take it down, I hung a knee length union jack sock from it (random I know) and it just made me smile when I saw it. I moved out of that house a few months ago, and my new room doesn't have a hook to ponder over!


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