counselling doubts revisited

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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  • does having a ND kid make one an expert in ND conditions?

    It does at least give them the experience of having lived these situations and hopefully have an understanding of how it feels for the ND person in question.

    Dealing with this for many years should give them a good understanding of what can work and hopefully they will have both researched this when the child was growing and taken an interest in it when doing their therapy degree.

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  • does having a ND kid make one an expert in ND conditions?

    It does at least give them the experience of having lived these situations and hopefully have an understanding of how it feels for the ND person in question.

    Dealing with this for many years should give them a good understanding of what can work and hopefully they will have both researched this when the child was growing and taken an interest in it when doing their therapy degree.

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