erin_o, maybe look for someone who specializes in short-term behavioral or cognitive-behavioral modes of therapy. Little less navel-gazing, little more strategies for action to make improvements in your life.
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WindSparrow - Mar 30, 2015 1:48:04 pm PDT #18323 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
SailAweigh - Mar 30, 2015 2:09:28 pm PDT #18324 of 30002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I'm working with an anxiety therapist using cognitive behavioral therapy. I've got a workbook that we're slowly going through identifying what my triggers are and ways to defuse them. It does involve some talking, but mainly to discuss why something affects me and what strategies I can use to diminish/dismiss them. It's great to have someone completely non-judgmental listen to you and then redirect you to the work, rather than the thoughts.
Connie Neil - Mar 30, 2015 2:27:31 pm PDT #18325 of 30002
brillig
Now that my eye surgery is done, I should look into therapy stuff.
askye - Mar 30, 2015 3:10:13 pm PDT #18326 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
I'd look at types of therapy. So the outpatient program I'm starting is DBT therapy and I know that's been helpful for many people and several Buffistas.
The therapist I'm seeing does Internal Family Systems which is a new type of therapy and I like. It's talking but talking with a point - not exactly trying to identify the exact cause for a problem -but identifying "parts" that are in pain and working to where they aren't in pain.
WindSparrow - Mar 30, 2015 3:12:36 pm PDT #18327 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
askye, I can see how both approaches could be useful to you. I hope you get lots of good out of it.
sj - Mar 30, 2015 4:00:45 pm PDT #18328 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
erin, seconding what others have said, look up CBT and DBT and see if either of those are things that might interest you, and you can usually call your insurance carrier and ask them to give you names of those therapists that specialize in either of those. Best of luck to you.
Hil R. - Mar 30, 2015 4:14:16 pm PDT #18329 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Can't sleep. Coughing/wheezing too much.
sj - Mar 30, 2015 4:23:07 pm PDT #18330 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Hil, I'm sorry. You have been dealing with this for way too long.
Hil R. - Mar 30, 2015 4:43:41 pm PDT #18331 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Thanks, sj.
beth b - Mar 30, 2015 6:17:49 pm PDT #18332 of 30002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Sj, you are doing really well. Perfection is a difficult game with diabetes. It takes awhile to figure out how everything works for you. That is a really good level of control so quickly. You got a lot of good advice above. Congratulations on doing so well