Starting New Therapist Tomorrow, Wish Me Luck!

[yomama]

She comes highly recommended by a trusted colleague but she's not a trauma therapist, so I'm wondering if she can handle me. I'm thinking of bringing some journal entries about a few of my traumas to give her as homework... is that too ballsy? Part of me doesn't want to waste time backtracking and spending money to chit chat...but another part of me doesn't want to overwhelm her. I know it's stupid to try to take care of my therapist.

 

[Karyn]

Good luck!

It's a good sign that she's recommended, and hopefully she'll be a good fit for you as well as your colleague. It is pretty funny to want to take care of your therapist (especially one you've never met!) but I've felt the same thing - I've worried that I'm 'too much' and that I'll upset her or talk about things that are disturbing for her.

If you want to take your journal entries, then take them and ask her what she thinks about it - but she might say she would rather talk through things than read them, so I'd only take them if I was going to feel ok if she didn't want to do things that way.

Unfortunately there's going to be some backtracking with a new t - think of it like re-runs!

Good luck, I hope it goes well.

 

[KP the nut]

(((Yomama)))

I'm linking arms with you and sending positive thoughts.

KP