Yeah, K,the consulting T who I've seen a couple times. She helped me process some of what happened in Monday's session with ex-DrT. I was getting pretty upset about things this morning, thinking back to some of what he'd said to me Monday,and she helped me work through it and keep me from buying into what he'd said.

I'm seeing M again Monday. He wanted me to give him a month (weekly). I do still have a phone consult with a T in a week or two, and I'm glad I kept that. K today was saying that she thinks Internal Family Systems might be a good fit for me, and I said I thought the T I was supposed to talk to did that. I said her name, and she said she's a good one with that. I recall she couldn't see me for a session until October, so at that point I'll have had about a month with M and can hopefully make a decision? She also gave me some good questions to ask M regarding how he practices.

And she's open to my seeing her whenever I want/need. I can't really see her being a regular T for me,but she's a good validator and self-esteem booster.Like I expressed fears that I'm doomed in T relationships (because of what ex-DrT said), but she asked how long I'd been married (took a sec--11 years). And she said that shows I'm capable of maintaining a long-term relationship. I mentioned having some long friendships as well. So she said I have the capability.

She thinks I basically graduated with ex-DrT and need someone to take me to the next step. Which I agree with. I'm trying to frame it that way instead of it being a bad ending...I'll likely write it up in my thread later--the last session with ex-DrT, I mean. Since I typed up a bunch of notes about it to use in today's session anyway.

I feel a bit lighter now, so it definitely helped...