gonna go see a new therapist this evening, hope it works out, except that its expensive as hell... i hope i don't cry too much cause i'm supposed to go out to dinner for a friend's birthday afterwards and i don't want my eyes and face to be all puffy and red. but most likely i'll cry and sniffle and just be sad cause that's how i've felt for the past month and a half. i probably shouldn't have applied to graduate in counseling seeing as i'm all effed up inside. oh well, my intention is good for my professional ambitions, its just my personal ones are absolute shit.
Hey Counselor, you're in the perfect field of practice. Many of us who choose this field do so because we are battleing our own demons. In a strange way our demons are a gift in that they allow us to understand anothers problems. These demons of ours help us develop empathy, understanding and compassion. They are tools if we choose to us them as such. I'm an LCSW, been practicing since the 1970's...do the math...I dated dinosuaurs. For most of life I've dealt with depression and adiction...I'd have been just as happy not to have had the opportunity to battle them but...oh well. Good luck to you with this new therapist and with all that is to follow. Steve
