This new psychologist had it up on the wall and I did not engage on the issue til she had proved to me that she was working well with me and not just going to use it to put me down.
It has taken a while ie 2 years for her to prove that to me. She does throw in silly superficial comments sometimes, but she actually engaged with the CATT team when she thought I was at risk and I was at serious risk, but the CATT team were very dismissive of her to me whilst I was in that crisis 9 months ago.
Not a good reflection on our CATT team. They need to up their professionality and ethics.
I was a silent little girl once, who submitted to everything and everyone, not anymore.
I took her on with a focus on my caring role as paid for by CarersVictoria and also do sessions with her under Wattle Place for me personally. The funding has come late in life.. last few years ...
Next month I am going to try some exposure therapy and go to the same place where I had some big end it all plans last September.
We shall see how it works out, but this time I am going back to going there with best intentions for SELF as life in general ... at least that is current plan ... hope it remains in place.
Its been my best strategy so far .. look at situation calmly and coolly when I finally get the opportunity.
I think it is overuse of scales and numbers that has permeated psychological practice recently that has put a lot of people off. Their needs to be an empathic, emotional component which is not about reducing everything to numbers ...
