Thanks. Firstly, Iīve already answered you about my diagnoses and the diagnosing Iīve gone through at the mental health care facility I visited up until last autumn. But as you point to that again I can tell you that I went through a full neuropsychiatric evaluation and they didnīt find any sign of autism, ADHD, ADD or any other neuropsychiatric condition.
I was also screened for personality disorders and there wasnīt any signs of such an disorder. I donīt know what diagnosis you keep referring to or think I have but I donīt have any other diagnoses than depression and anxiety.
Iīve told all those people Iīve seen that I have difficulties with relationships that most probably comes from me being rather lonely and left out in school as a child. But thatīs not a diagnosis per se and within our public health care they donīt "treat" such conditions unless they can see severe trauma, then they offer you a trauma treatment.
I totally agree that a therapist should address things like why I didnīt like my previous counsellor, what happened in that relationship, what went wrong and so on.
One of the first things I mentioned to this counselor was an example of me being upset if the counselor/therapist is like ten minutes late and how my reactions are similar to those "outside the therapy room". That we need to look into patterns and so on.
She more or less didnīt seem to understand what I meant and surely she didnīt acknowledge what I said to include that as an important part of therapy. Iīve seen this many times before, that our less qualified counselors donīt have the skills to work on this level.
They can meet the clients in simplier talks about things that have happened and to vent, but not in how to change patterns, to see where those patterns come from and so on.
I can say that as Iīve seen several counselors now and every time something came up, like the therapist being late, the therapist saying something hurtful and similar some of them perhaps said they were sorry but they never worked on the relationship and tried to interpret or help me understand my reactions. I asked for exactly this with the counselor I saw for more than two years and nothing came out of that.
Yes, I agree I can ask myself if there might be other reasons for this counselor to not open the door when I rang her doorbell once or why she hadnīt prepared our room until I was already at the facility.
But on an emotional level I still feel let down, not important and I also feel insecure about how the counselor feel about me. It had been another thing if I understood this counselor has the knowledge to explore such issues with me but she didnīt at all acknowledge those things happening and didnīt seem to reflect on how them had affected me.
Again, Iīve seen this many times and I also told this counselor in an earlier meeting that itīs not just simply an excuse Iīm after but to work on what happened. Nothing came out of that as she isnīt licensed and Iīm rather sure she canīt work on that deeper level.
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Originally Posted by divine1966
Its annoying. But annoying things do happen. If it was the first annoying counselor you met Id not worry and just look for another. But theres a pattern. Id try to address the pattern. Its not about therapists and counselors. Its your general approach to life
If you do get a new counselor Id start right away by addressing extreme rigid thinking (extreme recurring generalizations are also part of that rigid thinking) . Id probably even share the reason why you didnt like previous counselor (she didnt ran to the door immediately, didnt find a good chair, spent too long on looking for a room), it would be a great start. Something to work on
I personally think you are misdiagnosed and there is more to your rigid thinking than depression. But if they arent diagnosing you then you can work on it without diagnosis. Or work on it besides therapy. On your own.
Every time you assume something happened because of XYZ ask yourself if you have enough facts to assume that. Ask yourself if there might be some reasons for things people do or dont things when you get annoyed. Focus on why you react this way and why you assume and generalize.
I am not even talking about therapists but your view on people in general. Your view on therapists or counselors is likely not that different than your views on people in general.
Of course you have an option to continue these patterns but how does it help you to lead a better life?
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