Hi Rowdy, Did you feel like the counsellor helped. I'd be afraid to keep a journal like that as it's too easily read by the wrong person.
I saw a counsellor once. Didn't help at all. Didn't take the time to get to know me or my family before she divulged private information and just inflamed the situation.
I'm trying a different one at present. I know already that she can't help. She just stands there glaring waiting for me to make the conversation. She just rings at a designated time and wants me to talk. How can you talk on the phone when you're crying. Just doesn't work. She hasn't even offered any strategies for dealing with my emotions. Maybe nothing and no one can help emotionally you've just got to push through it on your own. I just don't think there's a counsellor out there that has a clue.
My husband has been great driving me every where and coming to appointments with me but that's all he can cope with. Very lacking in emotional support. Kids are quite the same.
If there's a qualified counsellor out there that has been through this ordeal then maybe that person could actually help.
meanwhile vent away like I just did making it all about me. Thinking of you Nicole x ?