[199/366] therapy

[cosmolinguist]

In today's appointment, my therapist still thinks I'm doing really well and I'm like I told you I've been depressed at least since I was 19 and probably had anxiety since kindergarten, all you're doing is telling me cutesy names for stuff I figured out myself through trial and error or skill-sharing with my mentalist friends and then explaining them to me as if they're Baby's First Coping Mechanism.

Next week is my last. I just hope she doesn't think I'm doing so well that she doesn't refer me for anything else.

Comments

[barakta]

Ugh, she sounds really fucking annoying.

Is there anyone who ever needs the baby's first coping mechanism stuff, explained in patronising cutesy ways?

Hope she will agree to refer you for something less-shit.

[lilysea]

I wonder if part of the problem is Ableism - that she expects Disabled people to be more Depressed than she would expect Abled people to be,

and there fore she discounts/dismisses a certain amount of your Depression?

[polyfrazzlemented]

we've found that a lot of therapists don't really know what to do if you've already read their books and know the techniques they would have taught you.

a lot of them will just act like you haven't read the books and proceed to reteach you anyway. it's like they only have one tune they can sing.

which is kind of hilarious because all the research says that the therapeutic relationship is the biggest factor in whether any good comes out of it, that specific techniques don't matter that much, and that most therapists don't actually source most of their interventions from the school of thought they claim to follow anyway.

renny

[redbird]

Oh dear. Much sympathy.

[miss_s_b]

Eurgh I'm sorry :(

[otter]

I'm not sure how things work there with referrals, but I'd personally insist that she refer you on to someone else. She doesn't get to decide when you're feeling things are manageable.

[silveradept]

I agree with the idea of figuring out how to get yourself referred on to someone competent, because this isn't doing anything for you.

[finding_helena]

That's frustrating. I've been through a lot of therapists who don't really get me. I finally lucked into a good one last year and she's been a big help to have around.