Ok, so. I used to have a case manager who left to go do DBT training and to work in the same agency's DBT program. Turns out the agency just shut down that program (which makes me feel reallllly bad for their clients!) and that T has returned to the branch where I live.

My current case manager told me today that I could start to see that T again if I want, and yes, I want. I think in some ways this is not the perfect ideal situation, as she doesn't have a ton of experience with trauma, but she knows me, I know her, and she knows DBT. I think as far as transitional therapy goes, this will do nicely.

She's going to call me on Mon and make an appointment, and I'll be seeing her weekly.

I have the option of continuing with my current-T and follow the gradual stepping down timeframe that we talked about this week, or I can just see one or the other. I really don't know what I will decide, I don't know what the best thing to do is, but I DO know that I feel really good about having a sort of safety net in place.

I really need to relearn the emotion regulation skills, and now I don't have to see current-T to do that unless I want to. It gives me more options and more choices, and that's always good.