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ladyblue
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 10/03/2005 : 16:32:14
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Dear exRSied..
LOL...hit the ground running, the slap's coming your way!
Au contrare, you may well have been quite scarily close in your character analysis BUT...thankfully awareness is a great stepping stone and the new and improved Jane has finally woken up to her own worth!
Damn...it feels good saying that.
(BTW...why do you say I need protection? I'm curious)
Jane
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HilaryN
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/04/2005 : 15:12:18
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Hi Jane,
You had me in stitches when you were talking about that counsellor!
I’m always confused, though, as to the difference between consulting a psychiatrist (who I know is a trained medical doctor) or a psychologist (presumably someone with a degree in psychology – not a doctor). Then there are counsellors – I understood they didn’t need a degree, just a training course in counselling? You can see I’m ignorant about this. Which one does one consult when? (This question is aimed at anyone who can tell me.)
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ladyblue
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/04/2005 : 17:11:11
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Hi Hilary,
LOL.I think the main difference is how much they charge!
Seriously though (oh God I sense far wiser people than me circling above my head on this one!) a Counsellor does have to have a degree in order to take clients, advertise etc. I studied for a year and although I have certificates in Counselling now I would have to study for a futher 2 years (think its 2) before I could seek employment. Counselling tends to be a gentle approach, encouraging the client to safely grow an awareness of their issues and hopefully to finding a way forward to resolving/accepting/changing them. You can use different approaches like Gestalt for instance that's very much about being in "the here and now" or there's person centred etc.
A psychologist has a far more in-depth training on human behaviour and how it affects the mind...God knows they'd need it with me...lol
I'm not sure about the which and when Hilary, but I do know that for me Counselling was not the help I needed. I feel I need something far more intense and delving in a "safe environment"..(I add that because whilst the Psychotherapist I saw before was very highly qualified it is with some reluctance that I have to admit I fear he'd gone insane!...lol)
All the best...Jane |
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exRSied
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/04/2005 : 17:41:24
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Because you seem so nice and gentle! It'd be a shame not to protect those qualities. But as I can see, you do kick butt when you want to and you do stand up for yourself! Go Jane!
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Pain, Psychology , Tenderness & Mornings..Help!
