I see my psychiatrist every three months or so and while she
is AMAZING keeps my meds in check and does talk therapy I really benefited from
seeing someone for therapy more regularly. I was hesitant to find a new psychologist;
my first one was incredible but when she left the next person I saw was a
really bad fit.
Frankly, the rigmarole of going through my whole story again
only to potentially not click with them seemed too much like hard work. But
when I saw my GP the other day to get a new script she told me about a new
person starting at their clinic she is new to the psychology field and as a
trainee she is still getting her hours up and therefor is providing a free
service for 6 months.
It had been more than a year since I last saw someone and it
was too good an offer to refuse so today I met up with Fiona. She was lovely!
She asked me what I wanted to achieve from our sessions and I said I finally wanted
to work on my eating disorder. The thing that rules my life and makes me the
most miserable is also one of the hardest things to let go.
This session was mostly giving my history but she was able
to read me quite well, she seemed to understand the way I think and gave some
helpful insights, I am looking forward to working with her more and terrified
at the same time. I am scared of losing my control, I am scared of getting fat
and I am scared of not caring that I’m getting fat – which doesn’t really make
any sense but then again, what part of this does?
In other news, school went back today and I am going to
Brisbane on Thursday!! I am sick to death of the negative zero temperatures
where I live and so sunny Queensland should offer a nice respite somewhere in
the mid 20’s ahh T-shirt weather, have I mentioned how much I HATE winter? (Yes
Jamoalki, I KNOW it’s nothing compared to where you live but I have a low cold
tolerance!)
So I am going with my father for his birthday and taking my
oldest son to visit my brother who lives there with his family while my Mum is gallivanting
around Canada with her sugar daddy. (more on that later…) We are really looking
forward to it, particularly Mr 14 as this will be his first time on an
aeroplane.
Well the day has flown by and I must retrieve the killdren
children from the bus now, I will take my laptop to QLD and hopefully get a
chance to do some writing, blogging and photo taking while I am there.
Do you click well with your psychologist?
Are you a winter or a summer person?
Am I a wuss for thinking minus 8 Celsius is really fricken
cold?
Yes
ReplyDeleteI like the cool of fall, so I'll go with winter.
Yes you are a wuss.
It was 35C here yesterday with humidity somewhere around 500%. I'll take -8 over that 7 times a week.
I'm happy for you that you may have found someone you click with. I think that is such an overlooked part of therapy. I worry that too many people are seeing someone they think is "OK". It's a weird relationship, with a therapist. It's therapeutic, social, professional, hired help and so much more. Enjoy your trip!