After two months of frustrating/fruitless searching, I finally started “real” therapy at the end of June/beginning of July, (thanks Michigan for hating my insurance). It’s been an adjustment and I definitely miss the ease of just walking across campus to CAPS – now I need to drive 45 minutes to therapy which takes a toll on my gas budget and my free time. But this was my closest, insurance-covered option so I definitely took it. Other than that, I don’t have too many complaints, I’m just not wholly comfortable with my new therapist. But that is to be expected.
We’ve had two official sessions so far, not including the intake session, and because they’re only 45 minute sessions, not a lot feels like it’s been accomplished. That’s pretty normal for starting with someone new though – I just have to keep reminding myself that she doesn’t have all the background knowledge of my former therapist so there’s no way she’s going to understand how certain parts of my life as a student at EMU are going to work.
All that being said – it’s going relatively well. As far as therapists go, I don’t think mine is perfectly compatible to my needs – but she is certainly not the worst or even close to it. And considering how mental healthcare works, “not the worst” is perfectly acceptable. I do hope that as we continue working, the relationship keeps improving so that this will actually be able to help me in the coming semester.
And hopefully I’ll be able to continue writing about my experiences. This was a little bit of a challenge – for some reason, my thoughts aren’t clear or organized when it comes to this therapy experience thus far. But I’m trying to push for that and find it somewhere.
Julie
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