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rose07042k
rose07042k

I know I mentioned what my therapist said about been visual. Nevertheless yesterday my main case manager visited me. I had told her that I didn't want to talk about my therapist and she agreed but yesterday she said that she knows that I didn't want to talk but....



My case manager asked me what did your former therapist said. I told my case manager my former therapist wants me to find a new therapist. My case manager smiled and say "That's what I have told you". 



I shared with my case manager that I did reached out to a few therapist and only one so far responded. I showed my case manager the Therapist who responded website and then I showed her my current therapist website


To my shocked my case manager said my current therapist is not a license Therapist but is a license social worker. Then my case manager said the prospective therapist is a license Therapist. My case manager went on to say it made sense why my current therapist doesn't teach me nor create a Safety plan etc with me and that she is unable to because she is not a license Therapist. 



I think why I delay and ignoring certain things is because I don't do go with separation even if the person is abusive etc. Years ago this Doctor recognized it and one of my former case manager and stated that it is not good because I will not protect self. I don't have that ability. 


My case manager and I spoke and on Monday the prospective therapist is going to be calling me to check my Insurance. I don't know how to feel or what to do. Do I tell my current therapist and if not when do I do? My case manager said after my last session I can text her and tell her. But isn't that wrong? Yet I can not tell her during session. I wish life was much simpler.



People tells me to do things and explain me to just do it. I cry inside


arfie
arfie
Easy does it, Rose. You are taking proactive steps and that is all that matters. Let the future take care of itself. Triple so for professionals. At the bank, pros are but especially independent employees. It is their job to help you, not the other way around. How a pro handles getting fired is theirs to sort. They are professionally trained to handle it. Yours to sort is what is right for you.

I do allot of animal rescue work that keeps me well reminded of how frightening change is to any life form. The more abused and/or injured the animal, the harder it will resist change. Welcome to the natural order.

Be gentle with yourself and patient with the process.
Hope healing happens here.
Community LeaderLeo
Leo
Yeah. "Just do it" seems very easy if they're not the ones doing it.... Form inside our own heads, it's never that one-step-simple. Hugs of support.
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
Baby steps sweetie are steps in the right direction.... one day .... one hour.... one moment at a time

Big hug .... xo
rose07042k
rose07042k
Trying to do not easy but still learning. Thanks
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
rose, I could really relate when I saw you write here "I don't do go with separation even if the person is abusive." I was raised in a family that was really codependent, where separation was feared much more than abuse, where independence was considered terrifying. So to be an old single bachelor living alone at 62 is a miracle for me, because standing on my own alone was about as likely to me as flapping my arms and flying to the moon.

I'll always have that leaning toward codependence, but I'm getting better at independence all the time. I don't mean isolation, I mean good independence, where I have boundaries and don't settle for abuse because I'm afraid to be alone.

You're right, we're all still learning.
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