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Old Aug 20, 2007, 03:20 PM
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My first session was tough. I was so nervous, going was a no brainer though. I either went to see Aaron or I went to the out patient day program at the hospital for a week. Just before starting with Aaron I tried to od, so I had no choice, and I didn't want to attend the hospital day program. My old counselor had given me Aaron's name awhile before making that call, I just never did it. Our first session was pretty much to get to know each other, I answered his questions and he answered the few I had. We talked about my mom, my siblings my mom's death, and the over dose. He asked me about my kids and so on, then he asked me if I would like to try a few sessions with him and see if I am ok with him. He asked me also if I thought it would be possible to have a few laughs during all this. I thought that was kind of cool, I always invisioned therapy sessions as serious and no laughs at all. He now tells me after alittle over a year of seeing him that it was much easier when I was seeing him for my mom's death...ha.........He is helping me through the healing from CSA but that is not his field, I disclosed to him everything after a few months, and he helped me remember things I had buried for so many years, he tried to get me to see his collegue who is more experienced with this then he is, but I told him no. I wasn't ready to switch. So he is learning, he is studying, he is consulting and if there is something he can't answer he always gets me my answer later that day after my session.
I gave him a bullseye to hang on his wall a few months back, told him he can bang his head there after a session or phone call from me!!