So today I went for my first session, as recommended by my GP, with a government funded therapist.
One and half hours into a 40 minute slot and he still hasn't completed all he needs to go through with me. is this normal I am wondering?
Half way through the generic questions about depression begin to frustrate me because I don't want to seem to be self-diagnosing and want him to be able to work it out himself. But I am giving him all the clues and getting no response. So I tell him I have been researching C PTSD and the symptoms seem to match. He immediately changes tack and starts asking trauma-related questions and I snivel and cry my way through his Kleenex. Bingo.
So having run over time he still didn't finish what he needed to ask for the initial assessment. He makes a phone appointment to finish for three days time because he isn't available locally for 4 weeks. ( he visits to my local GP centre - my lack of transport )
There was a lot of stress on risk assessment and promises from me that I am not about to take my life.
Verdict! Useful and hopeful. Watch this space.
One and half hours into a 40 minute slot and he still hasn't completed all he needs to go through with me. is this normal I am wondering?
Half way through the generic questions about depression begin to frustrate me because I don't want to seem to be self-diagnosing and want him to be able to work it out himself. But I am giving him all the clues and getting no response. So I tell him I have been researching C PTSD and the symptoms seem to match. He immediately changes tack and starts asking trauma-related questions and I snivel and cry my way through his Kleenex. Bingo.
So having run over time he still didn't finish what he needed to ask for the initial assessment. He makes a phone appointment to finish for three days time because he isn't available locally for 4 weeks. ( he visits to my local GP centre - my lack of transport )
There was a lot of stress on risk assessment and promises from me that I am not about to take my life.
Verdict! Useful and hopeful. Watch this space.