Session 3:
Keelie snuggled into Dr. Rou’s couch and began eating a large box of chocolates, one by one, as usual. Dr. Rou hoped that he would be able to help cure his 40 year-old patient’s life-long eating disorder in the six sessions that Keelie’s insurance had approved to pay for.
Dr. Rou said, “Keelie, did you write your dreams down as I asked?”
“Yes, Dr. Rou.”
“OK let’s hear about them.”
“In Monday’s dream, I was an elephant, enjoying life on the savannah. In Tuesday’s dream, I was a dandelion puff, floating in the breeze. In Thursday’s dream, I was dating James Bond.”
“Keelie, the message is clear. You are heavy now, but you want to be light, so you can date gorgeous men.”
Keelie stopped chewing, looked at Dr. Rou, and said, “You’re right. Now what?”
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Haha! Great story Li. But the last question is tricky! Now what?
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Thank you, Sadje, and I’m glad you asked. Keelie and Dr. Rou have 3 more sessions to work on that. Do you think it will be enough time?
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I hope it is! Eating disorders are as serious as any other physical or mental disorder. Hope he can cure her
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Unfortunately with the American insurance companies being largely responsible for how much mental health service (and any other kind of health service) we get, hope is all some have. Maybe it will be enough time…
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Maybe one day…….
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Good take!
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Thank you, Paula 🙂
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How to get from insight to reality is always the problem. (K)
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Yes!
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Very creative way to weave three rather random images into your story. I’m a bit skeptical when it comes to shrinks, so your story also made me love.
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Finding a good therapist, especially one that can help in just 6 sessions, is not easy. Better than nothing, but not enough to do much more than identify a few areas that need working on… Thanks, Christian!
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And then there are these rather arbitrary looking limits set by bureaucrats who never see any real patients – so irritating!
BTW, just to clarify, while I am a bit skeptical about some psychologists, I’m not saying these specialists can never help people. I guess like with any other physicians, there are more capable and less capable ones.
I think psychology is an area where incapable doctors can better hide. If a dermatologist screws up a skin treatment, it can be pretty visible. With psychology I feel it’s a bit more tricky.
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For sure, Christian on that last paragraph. Still, they can also be a real lifesaver.
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That is so true to life.
Well every night I had to put your name in and find you…I know why now….somehow (probably a fat finger) I unfollowed you…that is why you are about to see a follow
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Max, I keep hearing of people getting unsubscribed without doing it themselves and seeing people re-follow over and over again. It’s starting to tick me off. WP better get its act together!
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Yea…I don’t see how I did it…but I checked your blog night before last and I thought…hmmm…I don’t remember that one or that one. I checked a few minutes ago and saw “follow.”
It would not surprise me if it was them though.
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