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Old Jul 14, 2013, 11:28 PM
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Thaks for your reply. Well, to address briefly the main points...

My therapist works from home now, on a limited basis, after doing in-person marriage, family, and individual counseling for most of 20 years. She's semi-retired, being in her late 60s. She also volunteers part-time and has experience w/PTSD, good for me. I work from home too, hence my ability to do a lot of sessions. I have verified her license is current and she had good reviews. She does see some other clients, but I'm the most full-time for sure. I am an intense person, and once I dedicate myself to something, in this case therapy, I work at it nearly tirelessly.

Lately, I have been in a crisis though, a particularly intense two week period of heavy trauma work followed by having to host my mother in my home for two weeks, followed by being the victim of a hit and run car accident last Saturday concurrent with a lot of sleep deprivation issues and trying to maintain my regular workload, which is 60 hour workweeks, full time college, mothering, etc.... well, I have lost my balance and was dealing with feeling suicidal. I'm trying to work through it now. The daily check-ins I mentioned were for a specific purpose during the week my mother visited, not a regular practice for us.

I agree that daily when I'm so tired might be counterproductive because I can't process fast enough, and both my therapist and I have been talking about slowing down and working on small things, but she stands by being there for me when I need her, and leaves it up to me to determine when that is.

It's pretty important to me, central to my issues, so... I appreciate it. The timing tonight was hard, because at my most vulnerable moment, she signed off... it was just tough, but... that's life, I know.