A Good Psychologist

I'm quite amazed by my psychologist. She has the same point of view as me on mental health diagnoses— that the label is less important than a person's unique combination of traits and symptoms, and the labels are imperfect tools that are useful as long as they are useful and relevant. She also— having established … Continue reading A Good Psychologist →

Still Looking For An OCD Therapist

I'm still following up with a couple of psychology places to try to get some private sessions with someone who's hopefully equipped to deal with OCD. It really is such a specialist area and skillset. I emailed the most hopeful option (in-person sessions, most professional-looking) on Monday, and this time got an out-of-office reply that … Continue reading Still Looking For An OCD Therapist →

Remote Therapy

We opened our clinic during the pandemic, and as such, we only offered support via zoom or telephone. Even though face to face contact is allowed now, we have continued to offer zoom and telephone treatment only, as it has been so effective. Our staff have been able to see more clients as there is … Continue reading Remote Therapy →

Economics Of Empathy

"Buy cheap, buy twice" has always been something I've lived by. I'd rather have something suitable and buy it once or not have it at all. So I should be doing the same when it comes to therapy. Whether or not it proves to be feasible, the options should only ever be: the good quality, … Continue reading Economics Of Empathy →

Updates

I'm basically surviving in the same mental state as I was in the hell house. The main limitation for 18 months has been a particularly consuming OCD compulsion. Everything else (including blogging) depends on overcoming that, which I am able to do for variable periods. I've said this before. Once I can do that, everything … Continue reading Updates →

Trauma Stories

A bit here,A bit there,No one person,Knows all of my trauma stories; Glimpses here,Glimpses there,A psychiatrist reacts with horror to just one of those stories,A psychologist is saddened by another of them,They are all impressed with my survivability,And shocked at the lack of insight into my struggles for so long; But there's no time,To explore … Continue reading Trauma Stories →

Darkness Therapy

It goes better when I write spontaneously,Whilst seized by an idea,—It rarely works, with time in-between; Short, impulsively-written things,With discomfort pushing me forwards,It's kind of a trademark; I see,And what's the Zealous Zombie Zeitgeist,Which you mentioned previously? Oh,That's just a way of expressing the feeling of living in the house—All of the housemates, individually,—They each … Continue reading Darkness Therapy →