Posted by elizabeth31 on October 6, 2009, at 22:30:55
In reply to Re: recreational therapy? » elizabeth31, posted by Dinah on October 6, 2009, at 7:52:13
Thanks for all the responses and support-I appreciate the encouragement and it made me feel better to know you all cared. I had forgotten to check the box to notify me when follow-up posts were written and had just assumed it was a stupid question I had written with no responses. Sorry though for the delay!
I knew my therapist had a big conference yesterday so I was planning to wait until today to contact him which I finally did via email (it was helpful to read the posts earlier by onceupon for example where it was pointed out correctly that he probably wouldn't contact me so I am glad I didn't continue to sit around and passive aggressively channel my feelings with him) So, he wrote me back very promptly and even said that he had been thinking about me over the weekend and had thought about writing me earlier this week, but he decided to wait. That for some reason made me feel better knowing at least I had some degree of importance to him. I don't feel better about anything though because as I had predicted he also mentioned that he's too busy this week to see me and I guess I should try to adjust my thinking and lower my expectations realizing that seeing him every week is not realistic. I hate being so needy and clingy. In response to the setting environment, I see him in private practice and $ isnt an issue as my insurance covers my therapy.its mostly the limitations of him being so popular and so highly sought after that hes just so busyhow can I really feel bad at him not having time to see me when he does so much good for the community and helps others. Im not too familiar with all the different approaches and styles to therapy, but I believe hes trained in cognitive-behavior therapy. I cant really email him with long specific questions about big topic things as these are better resolved in person where he can respondso unfortunately I havent been able to talk to my therapist about my concerns about these recent feelings and they will have to wait until our upcoming appointment. Im doing ok though and will try to focus on reading other peoples posts more as I think it helps me forget my problems by trying to help others. I can't think of any sort of big loss or event in my personal life that i could connect these recent feelings with either. Thanks for the support!
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