Therapy is...

Really positive! Wow! Even though most of the slightly more than an hour was spent gathering basic info from me for an intake procedure - it was by the therapist - I found it beneficial already.

It's kind of already turned a bit from the direction I thought it would focus on, but one step at a time ya know. So I thought it would all focus on work and, who knows maybe next time it will. But it covered everything because the intake questions covered everything.

Sounds like it will be CBT - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. When I read the article(s) that spurred me onto decided on therapy, CBT was suggested as a therapy/counseling method for my type of problem.

Overall it was just great to have someone ask me questions and listen to me for once. I spend so much time listening to other people - especially H - that I sometimes just get lost in the shuffle. Certainly almost nobody at home ever cares to hear about what I'm feeling or thinking or worried about or interested in. I don't expect it of the kids of course ~ after all they're kids. But sometimes 10 does ask "mom, how was your day today?" and then she listens. She's so sweet.

She finished up the session by giving me homework and saying that she really enjoyed talking with me and thought I could probably run the session on my own. That's probably true but that would only result in lots of talking and no results. Therein lies my problem and the reason I need her in the first place. I need results!

So - that's the news... Oh except for this.

Was in a training an hour away Tuesday. When we broke for lunch I rec'd a call from one of H's employees using H's cell phone. He said very tentatively..."H" fell off a ladder, he's ok, but he sort of snapped his neck and fell on his back and the ambulance is on its way. I just said I'm on my way and took off. Later I thought wait, how can he have "sort of" snapped his neck? And how can he snap his neck AND be ok. So when I finally got the answer to that it turned out that he meant snapped as in the action of whiplash but not as in breaking his neck. Whew!!

No breaks, no internal injuries. Thank goodness he doesn't let his employees do ladder work. But a few days off, some pain killers, and lots of pain.

Ok - that's it for now.

peace,
Me