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Old Nov 20, 2007, 02:19 AM
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I'm not sure what to say. I struggled with community mental health for around... oh... 10 years. I had a couple of good goes with people, admittedly. But most of the time people were only around for a couple months before they moved on. And people had a tendency to write things in my file that prospective clinician's would read and that would put them off wanting to work with me. I had to fight a battle after my first therapist terminated me to even get treatment at all. And then most of the treatment I got was with people who I could tell were unsuitable for me from the first session. Or the person would tell me on the first session that they were only going to be around for two or three months...

How much did trying to get treatment from them harm me more than help me? Hard to say... So very hard to say...

I'm so glad things aren't like that for me anymore, but they were like that for me for a very long time.

Seven isn't such a great number. I've heard people who have met with more like 10 or 12 before they found someone who they felt they could work well with. Maybe... Try a couple more before giving it a rest for a while??