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I am cheering for you, too, Anerol! 
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Hi Anerol:  happy to hear from you and to hear of your progress.  I wish you every success with your therapist.  and congratulations on selling your art work!  Way to go i'm so pleased for you.  
let us know how it goes with the therapist.  I'm cheering for you.

Sunny
12 years ago 0 2508 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Anerol,
 
It's so good to hear from you and Congratulations. I don't post here much either anymore but I do still stop by and read posts from time to time. I am sure glad I didn't miss your post or blog. I loved reading all your good news.. I will make sure to check your blog when I stop by again. I left a comment on your blog for you to read next time you update your blog..As for me I have been very busy with my quilting and such and have really been enjoying myself and my life now...
I look forward to reading your next update in your blog..Talk to you again soon..
 
Till next time...
Red....
aka..
jdoe
12 years ago 0 542 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi Anerol,

I just read you're post looking for another one. I too have a therapist that comes to my home. The great thing about it is "you are on you're turf" more relaxed and calm in you're home and that helps. My therapist is a man, I was thinking of changing, only because I too would like a woman to dicuss peri-menopause issues and marriage issues, things I would not be too comfortable discussing with a man, he has tried to be helpful, he is older, in his sixties, the fact she is young may be even better I think, but either way it will not matter. Please let me know how it goes, I am sure it will go good. GOOD LUCK!
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hello everyone, I hope all are well.
I'm just here to update my blog that I've been able to call the therapist. She will be coming over to my house on Tuesday. Surprisingly, I am not as nervous about it as I've anticipated. And I LOVE that! I've been afraid of seeing one for the longest time, and sure she can be scary, but I'll know after I try. I'll come back to update about it on my blog once in a while, but I hope someone can get inspired by my achievement! Time has helped me change.
Thank you for reading.
 

12 years ago 0 252 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
anerol,
 
This sound like a great idea of yours to give this therapist a chance...She could turn out to be just your looking for..You won't know till you try...and she can come your house...I like that idea...I might even be able to see a therapist if they came to my home...Let us know what you decide and how it goes....
 
Red...
12 years ago 0 12049 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
anerol,
 
You took the first step and this is great!
 
There is patient confidentiality, so you should be more confident in asking for this therapists help. 
 
Give it a try and let us know!
 
 
Josie, Health Educator
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Anerol,
The good thing about a young person, if you check her credentials, is that she may be gifted.  Experience is great too, but time can wear away some of that enthusiasm, in any career.
 
Hate to be biased, but I've found, among the dozen people I've seen, that women are better when it comes to relationships, but you may have different interests.  Also, I've been very choosy.
 
The whole idea of "professional" distance is just a caste system.  Once I took a took a cooking course, I realized I was suddenly subordinate to yet another person, and I have to call her or him "chef".  This is the way society is though.
 
 Recently I took a night school course at a high school, and it seemed as though the  janitor thought he was above me!  What annoyed me was that I had asthma, and the principal's office, staff rooms and hallways were air conditioned, but the classroom with computers must have been 85 degrees, and I felt miserable each day after, of course.  This wasn't the janitor's fault, but I didn't like his disposition. 
 
We have to make choices about this, the world becomes smaller as we move in circles for these various reasons.
 
Then we have to factor in our "condition" and it's cautiousness...
 
Sorry for venting.  I'd get a punching bag, but I think I'd hurt my hands.  I don't think I can stand up straight after a week of weeding in a garden.  I wonder if there's a way of weeding by bridging over a stability ball...too much time on my hands today as I had my physician's appointment cancelled
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Today I was able to pick up my phone and dial a therapist. (as written in my accomplishment discussion) but I got discouraged because the therapist didn't pick up and I heard her voice on her message. She sounded really enthusiastic and I got intimidated. She is also very young. It got me thinking if I should try to find someone else. But I was aiming at looking for a women therapist who specialises in anxiety and they are rare in the area. This therapist makes home visits which would be great for me as an agoraphobe but I am a bit paranoid since I found her on the internet. I also was wondering if I should find someone else who shares the same culture as I do since, my parents raised me according to their culture. But at the same time, since my culture is really really small in my area, everyone knows each other and I don't want to be getting therapy from someone who might know someone. Maybe I should still give this therapist a chance... but I'm so worried. 

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