Posted by alexandra_k on August 15, 2005, at 0:25:30
In reply to Re: Must do well in school » alexandra_k, posted by Deneb on August 14, 2005, at 22:53:06
And tomorrow... I'm going to take my own advice and phone up community mental health about getting a p-doc ;-) I'd phone now - but its after hours, so it will have to be tomorrow.
I'm so proud of you :-)
It is a really terrific step towards looking after yourself by preparing for those bad times. It shows how much you really want things to go well this time :-)
And I'm sure you will do great with a little help.With respect to whether you can keep seeing her or whether she will refer you on... Wait and see what she says. It sounds like you get on great with her. Don't be afraid to tell her that you would like to keep working with her (if you want that). Really. Mostly they are really flattered when they know you want to see 'em and you find benefit to it and want to keep seeing 'em. Really, don't hold off saying that because of her schedule. If she has to refer you on then she will still most probably be flattered that you liked her.
In my experience... The quality of councelling services can be a bit variable. It would be terrific if you could see someone who is interested in / knowledgable in DBT though. I think your observation that you need some concrete suggestions rather than a general chat was right on the ball. Hopefully your p-doc will be able to refer you on to someone suitable if she is unable to keep working with you herself.
>Then things got bad and I went back...this time I saw someone with a lot of experience...it worked well for much longer before I quit and decided to see my p-doc only.
Do you remember why you quit?
Would that same person be an option again, or do you think there may have been a personality conflict (LOL!) or something???
> I think maybe I'm a difficult case...Challenging dear, and would you really want to be anything else???
;-)> I think my p-doc is very talented to be able to work with me for so long.
:-)
> I have to start interacting with other students and with my profs if I want to do well. I wasn't socially anxious today, maybe I won't be socially anxious anymore. If I surround myself with people who are studying what I'm studying, I think I will do better.
Yeah, I think you are probably right. I still get bouts of social anxiety sometimes... But mostly I do much better. I'm sure you will get heaps better over time :-)
> P.S. After writing this post I decided that now is a good a time as any to call my p-doc's office! I called and left a message and hopefully they will call me back tomorrow morning. Yay, I called and I wasn't anxious at all! I didn't stumble at all.
:-)
I'm really proud of you.
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