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- From: rollins@netcom.com (Peter D. Nesbitt)
- Subject: advice needed
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.082111.11514@netcom.com>
- Followup-To: poster
- Keywords: therapy, help, first time out
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 08:21:11 GMT
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- r NetFolks,
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- Recently I've come to the conclusion that it is time for me to seek
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- some counseling to help me deal with some of the feelings and
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- thoughts that I've been having. I'm not ready to let the whole
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- world know what is going on here, but just some general depression,
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- occasional anxiety, low self esteem, hatefulness towards my co-
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- workers, etc.
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- I do not know any mental health professionals myself, and none of
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- my friends have ever been to counseling (that I know of <grin>).
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- I work in a career field that would result in much trouble and
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- hardship should my employer discover that I was seeing a
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- psychologist. The Employee Assistance Program at work is not
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- confidential, they notify your boss shortly after you call in for
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- help. There have already been two guys to be fired/forced to
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- retire after contacting the EAP.
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- My health care provider informed me that I should not come to them
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- if I'm at all concerned about privacy. It was suggested that I
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- look elsewhere for complete confidentiality. Some folks on these
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- 800 hot-lines that I've recently called suggested I even use an
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- alias and pay in cash if I should seek counseling.
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- Questions:
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- 1) How do I select a therapist?
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- 2) What is the difference between psychologist, psychiatrist,
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- psychotherapist, therapist, counselor, etc.?
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- 3) What sort of questions should *** I *** ask when I am calling
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- and trying to locate someone to work with me?
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- 4) Is there such thing as *** complete *** confidentiality?
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- 5) What do you suggest I become aware of before pressing on with
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- this matter?
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- If any of you can offer y oadvice, either on a personal or
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- professional level, I'd be most appreciative. Please respond via
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- e-mail, as my netnews time is limited.
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- pnesbitt@mcimail.com
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