Posted by Anonymous on December 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Gosh darn it! I was late again, this time by 40 minutes. I thought I was doing better. I was only five minutes late last time. So with 20 minutes left, I managed to debrief her on my weekend, which had left me quite shaken. I told her of my ineptitude to help a friend … Read more
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Posted by Anonymous on December 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Today I had my third therapy session. I have to admit, I was worried that we would wind up focusing on one issue, and harping on it forever, but she has let me take control of the direction of our conversations, which is amusing because I tend to go off on tangents, and numerous times … Read more
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Posted by Anonymous on December 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment
I kid you not, the moment I finished replying to a comment on my last post, Counseling, I received a phone call from my therapist. I almost didn’t pick up because the caller id said “Private”, but I was expecting her call sometime this weekend, so I picked up. It was her; she was calling … Read more
Posted by Anonymous on December 7, 2008 · 5 Comments
So… after a long and grueling process, I finally went in for my first therapy session for depression at the Northwestern Family Institute downtown. I applied in the Spring, but I didn’t get called back until sometime in the Fall, ans even once we got to that point, things kept popping up where I would … Read more
Filed under Black Culture, Culture Shock, Embarrassing, Learned, Lessons, Moments, Personal · Tagged with counseling, depression, Northwestern Family Institute, Systemic Therapy Inventory of Change, therapy
