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Monster on the Hill
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Nov 24, 2023 at 03:23 AM
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Our ACT (Assertive Community Treatment, where you have a team of a therapist peer support case manager psychiatrist, etc., not the other therapy I can't remember) team doesn't have an eating disorder specialist and I really need one right now (I mean I might be moving out of region soon but let's assumee I'm staying).
My insurance won't pay for me to see two therapists. I really like this therapist and I'm court ordered to be with the ACT team so I think I'm stuck with her. Do I have any options? I really want to be in some sort of eating disorder treatment that isn't IP or residential. __________________ [Insert thought-provoking and comedic quote here] |
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Nov 24, 2023 at 08:20 AM
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Not sure where you are, the US maybe? but here therapists aren't covered by provincial healthcare at all unless they;re a psychiatrist, or through a hospital or something like an ACT team.
Private therapy can be incredibly expensive unless you can find someone who can do sliding scale. As for finding a therapist, I'd start with talking to my family Dr. or the ACT team to see if they could recommend anybody. __________________  "I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn. "If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba 
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Nov 24, 2023 at 01:38 PM
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Can you ask your team? Seems like they should be able to find a specialist that you do need.
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Monster on the Hill
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Nov 24, 2023 at 02:59 PM
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I asked my therapist about getting more support for my ed and she's like "there's this place in Bedford, let me look it up....oh it's closed."
There's not even a freaking eating disorder center in the state. __________________ [Insert thought-provoking and comedic quote here] |
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