Thanks. Yes, it was that counselor Iīve been posting about lately. Even if I think she couldnīt help me, itīs hard to end it with her on such a negative note. I donīt regret writing to her (through her secretary) how I feel and that I want to end our contact but I miss part of what we had. I guess I miss her as a person even if she wasnīt good for me in her role as a counselor.
Thereīs no option for me as I canīt pay for therapy and we donīt have access to longer therapies within our public health system, if we had I hadn't stayed for so long as I did with my counselor.
Also, I donīt have a medical doctor but only my psychiatrist and as Iīve told her I need therapy sheīs at the moment looking into my records to see if there will be any other options for me. Itīs though very likely that sheīll cut me off from the facility as theyīve already stated they donīt offer therapy and as Iīve now also ended it with my counselor.
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Originally Posted by amandalouise
was this the counselor you were telling us was not a therapist doing therapy but doing supportive chats that you have been posting mega problems with..
if so my own opinion is that its a good thing. you posted you were not comfortable with her, nor got anything out of it, and felt she was not responding to you in the way that you wanted her to.
now you have the option of deciding if you want to be in actual therapy instead of "supportive chats" and what kind of therapy you want to do. then look for a real therapist not an untrained in therapy counselor. look for the therapists that actually do the kind of therapy that you think you will be able to work with and benefit from.
or you can not be in therapy and use your own tools to manage your life the way you want your life to be outside of therapy.
as for someone to sign your sick leave. maybe you can contact your medical doctor and they will set you an appointment where you can go in and get a general medical check up and talk with your doctor about why you need sick leave time.
most people here in the US dont get sick leave specifically for mental problems. the way the work force works here is you start out with a certainnumber of sick leave days to use as you see fit, and the same with vacation time. and how much you work you accumulate more sick leave and more vacation time to use any time you want. if we go beyond our accumulated sick leave then we need a medical doctor to fill in the papers.
I know your systems where you are, are different but maybe just maybe you can talk with your medical doctor who treats you for medical things like colds, flu's and such things and maybe they can be the ones to sign your sick leave papers when you cant work.
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