While inpatient at the clinic I go to for my headaches, I was given a psyche evaluation that make me sound like some sort of invalid who was doomed to suicide or something. They knew I was coming to Phoenix and wanted me to see someone here too. They gave me a list. Of course, I can’t drive and public transportation here is a bit spotty if you’re not in the center city, so I wanted someone close. I also wanted someone who dealt with PTSD, major depression and chronic pain. I will admit what I was completely apprehensive about going in the first place but I knew I had to. I took the horrible report with me.
We met. She seemed like a very, very nice lady. We talked about different psycho-therapeutic approaches and decided that what would best fit me would be the psychodynamic approach. I told her about the report and I had a fundamental distrust of all psychologists because of how they are in my particular headache inpatient program. We talked about different things for the rest of the hour, she basically let me tell stories, and at the end, she suggested EMRD and Somatic therapy. I told her that I was open to anything except being hypnotized.
She asked if I though we could work together. I told her that she didn’t make me passive aggressive, so I’d give it a shot. Same time next week.
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