participate in one-on-one therapy

showed up at the correct time this week, and talked about mom stuff, procrastination, dbt diary cards, etc. H asked me a great question which will become my 43rd ‘thing’

showed up at 3:00 for therapy, waited till 3:30, no therapist, went home, called and left a message, said how frustrated and disappointed I was that she wasn’t on time for our appointment. she returned my call this evening. my appt. was at 2:00.

A lot more background stuff and a topic to pick up with next week.

After two unreturned phone calls in a week, was finally able to talk to my new therapist, H. Well, not so new, as she facilitates my DBT class, but new as an individual therapist.

We had a 45 minutes getting to know you session, and I felt I could connect to her on a therapeutic level. At the end, I spoke to her about my disappointment in the unreturned calls and her often being late to group. She confessed she had no excuse and asked for my forgiveness, and admitted that she is working on these in her own therapy. I felt that she would make a concerted effort to be there for me, and if it continues to be a pattern I can figure it out later.

My first session of ten is next week. After ten sessions, I have to take some time off so other clients can also benefit from therapy. We are going to work on depression generally and clutter specifically.