I've been through VR, and also my husband works for them. I relate to what both of you are saying. I went to VR and was diagnosed with dysthymic disorder and social anxiety, and they did vocational testing and said I could do anything I wanted to do (not helpful), and then said that I couldn't work with people because of my social anxiety, so they helped me get some equipment to set up a business. But it took a couple of years to get to that point. First they shuffled my case around the state for a year, looking for someone appropriate to manage my case because I was a spouse of an employee. Then they do make treating the disabling condition first priority, so it was therapy. And I got to take a class on website design, and another one on small businesses. I had my B.A. finished but not awarded, and they offered to pay the application fee to get it awarded, but I declined because I wanted more school and that would have made me ineligible for Pell. Turned out to be a good call, since I decided to go back a couple years later. Graduate school isn't usually an option, because they only do that if they have a really good reason for it.
For now, concentrate on your therapy. I got in a hurry and pushed to move along into other stuff, and wound up deciding that the only real goal for me was to move through the program without making waves and give my VR counselor a 26. I don't recommend doing what I did. It can be a really good program. Maybe your therapist can help you figure out what you want to do vocationally. Or I can recommend a book that helped me with that. "Who You Were Meant To Be - A Guide For Finding or Recovering Your Life's Purpose" by Lindsay C. Gibson, Psy.D.
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