A therapist's observation ⬇️
When someone you love is slowly dying, grief doesn't wait until they're gone.
It shows up as avoidance, irritability, distance, indifference, a need to control, rage.
There’s a name for this: anticipatory grief.
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I think it's easy for private practice therapists to see the work done in CMH agencies as substandard, but we need those smart therapists in CMH who could easily go into private practice but stay in CMH for ideological reasons, because without them, CMH would be even worse.
🧵 The most transformative moments in my long-term therapy were the handful of times I called my therapist out - on making a transference interpretation that excluded the parts of his personality, and way of relating to me, that I was having a strong negative reaction to.
Honestly, getting a bachelors of social work would have served me, as a primary care physician, far better than my biology degree.
So much of health happens in daily life, not the clinic/hospital.
I'll let you in on a little secret, & some of you may be horrified. As a psychologist, if a client wants them &/or I think they'll be helpful I'll use forms, sheets, tools, techniques etc. & work in a more structured way, if not I won't.
I don’t think a lot of people realize how sacred it is to be a therapist. Like for a person to allow a stranger to join them in the darkest parts of themselves. There is something to be said about that. #TherapistTwitter
Nobody talks about how hard it is for therapist to really have to to put their feelings aside for the day and show up for others. Can’t just cancel all your appointments and bail on people cause you’re having an off morning/day.
“Therapists should be a blank slate” listen Carol while a therapist’s self-disclosure should def have its limits younger generations embrace vulnerability, transparency and humanity so in sum one-dimensional wire monkey therapists no longer pass the vibe check
@yankee242B@chesterfield914@Jomboy_ The O’s have been hot for a while now. The just took care of Houston and have a big 4-game set against the Jays coming up. They could be in a playoff spot by end of next week.