Hello everone,
I´m new to the board and I really really hope I can find some help.
So here´s the thing, I´m 24 years old and I have been looking for a therapist for about a year. I started having problems 3 years ago after my father died of cancer ( I got anorexia, panic/anxiety disorder, depersonalisation, depression, which changed over time).
I´m DESPERATE to start therapy because I´m tired of looking. I´ve tested 14 therapists and at this point I just really want to start and get on with my life. I had many plans and rightnow my problems are freezing me into not doing anything.
So, it was down to 2 therapist. One that was very warm and friendly, an analytical therapist and a very direct to the point cognitive therapist.
I went for the first one because I just felt more comfortable with her.
But here´s the thing, I really want to get better and I had now 5 sessions with her and I don´t feel I´m gonna make that much progress there and am concerend about it.
She did not ask me many questions. I do not feel like she knows enough to actually evaluate my state and find a way to help me. It seems to me that she just sits back and listens to whatever I have to say. But I´m not sure what exactly I have to say/work on to be better.
The other one was straight to the point, i saw her 2 times and during that 2 times I got very interesting and enlightening ideas. She told me a lot and asked a lot and really seemed interested in getting to the roots of my problems. She seemed like a therapist that wants to understand the problem and then tackle it rightaway. I really felt good about the approuch but unfortunately her direct, sharp personality made me a little uncomfortable, I did not feel as if I could speak up against her without "being hurt" so I went for the other one. As said, I don´t feel quite well there either. What should I do? Switch to the one I do not feel so comfortable with but feel is more helpfull or stay and hope it will get better over time?
Sorry for the long post.
Please tell me what you would do!!! it´s urgent because insurance has already been informed
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