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counselling doubts revisited

Mercury

Having spoken with the prospective therapist on phone they sounded a bit more convincing than the last few.  Question, they had a child who was neurodiverse, but does having a ND kid make one an expert in ND conditions? Just sayin'.  But I digress....

Anyway, I said the world won't let me be neurodiverse, I want to be neurotypical and conformity and modification is the only way to go and feel I needed planning, structure, and limit the amount of open-endedness.  Who the *** knows what they want 100% of the time?  They described themselves as "proactive", pretty much I'm expected to sort my own *** out, I suppose.  Not much different than every other thing I've tried that fizzled out or ended sourly.  If I did agree I'd potentially be waiting weeks or even months, so maybe I'll shop around.

Then again, does it truly help or is it just a placebo at best, making us pretend we feel better until life kicks one in the butt and we go back to square one?

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  • I decided to not bother with this therapist.  After asking reasonable questions about waiting lists, whether after a chat pursuing therapy is appropriate and guidance, they answered with "I can't answer these questions, these are for you to decide." 

    Also during the chat they made me feel I'm the one at fault, that I'm not fixing my own problems and making me feel alone, like I should remain in isolation.

    What I need is a dependable support system and guidance, short of joining religion.

    FFS if these therapists can't or won't bother with an Asperger's guy then they must remove all mentions of autism and neuro diversity from their pages.   I think they have all those specialisms advertised to widen the net.

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  • I decided to not bother with this therapist.  After asking reasonable questions about waiting lists, whether after a chat pursuing therapy is appropriate and guidance, they answered with "I can't answer these questions, these are for you to decide." 

    Also during the chat they made me feel I'm the one at fault, that I'm not fixing my own problems and making me feel alone, like I should remain in isolation.

    What I need is a dependable support system and guidance, short of joining religion.

    FFS if these therapists can't or won't bother with an Asperger's guy then they must remove all mentions of autism and neuro diversity from their pages.   I think they have all those specialisms advertised to widen the net.

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