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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight
Scarlet, I'm glad you won the appeal!
With G, could you just look at him as a tool to get through the time with L gone? A survival tool? And if you get something else out of it, great! If he just helps get you through L's leave, then that's enough.
That's kind of how I saw therapy during the first year of the pandemic--it was just helping me get through. I didn't expect to get much out of it beyond just surviving (as it was very difficult for me, having many of my coping methods/escapes taken away and having extremely little time to myself).
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Yes, I'm trying to just utilize him however I can. I think emails are helping because they're kind of gender neutral (can't see or hear him), and there's no awkward silences or pauses. He comes off much more confident, less passive, in emails. Probably because he has time to think of well put together responses. It's still weird to me because he is a man and one that seem to be emotional. From what I've experienced, he seems to be a really nice person. He just still not the right therapist for me. But for now, I'll continue emailing and see how I'll feel about that.