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#1
Oct 10, 2011, 10:51 PM
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All right... I'm going in! I have my first therapy session tomorrow, booked it a while back and have a first session, but this was the first time I would get a chance to go in.
I had met this T briefly a while back and totally forgot about her. So she is new. She doesn't know anything about me. I don't really know anything about her style or where therapy is going to go...  I hope this experience is going to lead me in positive directions and that I will gain a new supportive person in my life. I hope therapy will teach me how to live better. I hope, I hope, I hope...  Will post more on this tomorrow. Just wanted to get this out there along with the pre-therapy butterflies...  Good night all  
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 Flooded, learning1, PreacherHeckler, rainbow8, Sannah, skysblue
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Oct 10, 2011, 11:08 PM
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Hi...
Do you have some ideas of the things you want to cover or work through? If so I would write some down. I think you'll be fine just be honest and things will move forward. Look forward to hearing how tomorrow goes. |
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Oct 10, 2011, 11:11 PM
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Good luck and post back on how it goes.(if you want - not trying to demand or anything)
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Oct 10, 2011, 11:18 PM
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yay
i'm really excited for you  and hope this is really good and a great sucess and that this new T ends up being someone who will "have your back covered" and give you the support and help you need. Looking forward to hearing about your experience
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Oct 10, 2011, 11:38 PM
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Yeah! Best to you tomorrow - I bet the new T will be awesome!
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Oct 10, 2011, 11:46 PM
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That's fantastic
really hope it goes well for you
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Oct 11, 2011, 07:47 AM
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thinking about you today
 hope it goes well.
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BEHAVIORS ARE EASY WORDS ARE NOT  Dx, HUMAN Rx, no medication for that |
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#8
Oct 11, 2011, 02:11 PM
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Let us know how it goes. Trust your instincts.
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Oct 11, 2011, 07:16 PM
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#10
Oct 11, 2011, 09:57 PM
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Yes, yes, in my neck of the woods it says you posted "yesterday" so I hope you post soon and hope it went well. I suppose being in a different time zone from me (which I'm pretty sure you are) might be an acceptable excuse....
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Oct 11, 2011, 11:01 PM
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Thank you so much, ladies!
I absolutely can not believe I did this when I went this morning to check my mini desk calendar it turns out the appointment was not for today, Tuesday, but THURSDAY.. the other day of the week that starts with t.. the one that is still two whole days away!!!! Uh huh. Yeah.   Soooo spending last night tossing and turning was pretty useless. But I did learn one thing--- this new T requires a LOT of background info in the form of intake surveys and stuff, which I spent a good hour filling out today. I always hesitate when it comes to divulging a lot of information before you know someone. Not because I don't want to get there-- I want to be as truthful as possible, because that will help my T help me. But it can also put the T at a disadvantage to have too much of an agenda, I feel. And I want to see her do a good job. I want her to be able to help me!!! Anyway I am really optimistic that this T will be different from the other ones. I so want a mentor. Going back over my diary this year I can see how truly unaware ex-T was and how unaware I was, of my own discomfort with him ("Did he kiss you first? Did you kiss him first?") I can't believe I let these conversations even go on without being clear I was mad, or felt what a waste of my time that was...... Now that I am learning to pick better people that's just part of it. I hope I will be more aware of my own responses in sitting down to talk. And yes, I am going to be honest with her about my problems with therapy in the past. I am no longer so afraid of what other people think. I can handle it if it turns out to be a dealbreaker because honestly the past little while without therapy has been pretty good. Ok enough of the personal ramblings of lastyear... point being: thursday can't come soon enough!!!!! |
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Oct 12, 2011, 06:45 AM
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Ah, bummer, 2 more days. Good for you with being honest about your therapy problems in the past and planning to tell her what you need. Yes, I'm hesitant to fill out too much on a form too. When I've done that, it seemed like it was tmi, as if I was odd for answering the questions, even though they asked them. I don't think long forms are good, but it can be just some bureaucrat somewhere who is responsible for giving out the forms, maybe not the t's fault.
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