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Originally Posted by BlessedRhiannon
It sounds like you want to find a new therapist to work with, and it has been helpful in the past (even if only for a short amount of time). It also sounds like your biggest concern is having your dad know that you're seeing a therapist.
So...my question is....why does your dad have to know, if you're paying for it?
When I was in my early 20's, and living with my parents briefly, I was seeing a therapist and didn't want my parents to know and didn't want to discuss it with them. I scheduled appointments for right after work, and then would tell my parents that I was running errands after work and would be home late...or that I was going out with friends, or that I had some things to do and would be late. As long as they knew that I would be late, they didn't really question it. Maybe you could do something like that during the summer? I disliked lying to them, but it really wasn't any of their business either.
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Sorry for the delayed reply...thanks, BlessedRhiannon. The reason I thought dad would have to know is that it would be very difficult to pretend I was doing something else - one of his friends works for the company I'll be at, and none of my friends live locally so I don't meet up with them during the week, I save it for weekends during the summer holidays. It's also very out of character for me just to say "I'm going out" or "I'll be late home" without giving a reason why.
That's good it worked for you, though.
I still don't know if therapy would make any difference, seeing as it seems to help less each time I go back, and there's so little choice of therapists round where I live...but I'm not going to rule it out completely. I'll see how things are once I'm no longer having to revise for exams, that tends to make things worse.