Counselling

[ailbhe]

I met the practice counsellor today. She's big on confidentiality. I told her how many people have listed this journal as a "friend". Heh.

I get six sessions on the NHS, apparently, after which there will be a review. Today we mainly did Background Facts; I gave her yesterday's journal entry as a starting point, and some bare bones about the physical stuff involved. She asked if she could talk to my other medical people - GP, health visitor etc - and I said yes, of course; I'd much rather everyone knew what was going on.

Perhaps I need to come up with a list of stuff I need to deal with for my next session. I can't help feeling it would be more useful to come up with that list in the session, though.

When I got home there was email from a journalist who wants to talk to me about the birth trauma thing for an article. I can't do phonecalls - they're hard enough at the best of times - but agreed to talk in person or via email or similar. There must be lots of people out there who hate discussing personal stuff with strangers over the phone.

Also pointed her at this journal. I'm beginning to wonder how many people read this journal precisely because it has stuff about traumatic birth in it - a lot of people added me to their lists during the pregnancy and after the birth.

Possibly some people dropped me, but I haven't noticed. I think one used to be able to check that for Livejournal journals at least.

Rob was home while I was at counselling; Linnea was asleep. The whole time. What a well-behaved baby!

Comments

[born-to-me.livejournal.com]

I think making a list before the session and then going over it *in* the session to jog your memory for more would be most productive.

I added you because we talked about the birth - my birth experience having been incredibly traumatic as well, I find what you went through fascinating and compelling, and my heart goes out to you. Plus I just really like you and enjoy chatting with you. :-)

Also, I am phone-phobic. I became that way when I had the nervous breakdown after my father passed away - it's much better now, but I still have trouble making and taking phonecalls at times.