As you may recall, I’ve been seeing a therapist/counselor through my work’s employee assistance program since July. I’ve generally seen her monthly. When I first saw her I was pretty much at rock bottom, but through ACA, making time to put myself first, and not taking work “failures” too personally, I’ve come back to life, I think even better than before.
We had to reschedule our January meeting due to snow, so we met yesterday. I gave her so many wonderful updates regarding my fitness/health, self care, work balance, work success, ACA community, etc. She gave me lots of kudos for the work I’ve done and how it’s so evident even physically in the changes I’ve made. I don’t feel hopeless or too stressed. I feel lighter is SO many ways. She was impressed and you know I’m impressed with myself too.
I’ve learned to find my (re)find my voice these past 6 months.There are A LOT of changes at work – my boss is leaving (yay), plus we are going through an organizational restructure along with strategic planning in my division and at the whole institution.
So, for the time being, I’m not setting up another appointment with her. I really only have 6 meetings with her a year (which I used), but I know if I need her I can go back. Plus I know others are struggling and I don’t want to hog a precious resource. If I need to find an outside counselor I will, but between ACA, my journaling, and my strong support network I feel good.
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