Official: 1st patient this friday!
I've been studying the last 4 years and a half for this moment: I'll have an adult patient. I was chosen in my group, and now I'm going to practice what I've learned about therapy and put all of my shrinky instinct into action.
This is the time when we'll see if I'm cut for it. This is when I get to try my abilities.
Yeah, I already have a 15yo patient, but it's so different... I have a partner that is there with me every session, someone I can plan things with and check my impressions and decisions with--- now? it's all on me. I'll have to report and discuss my planning with a supervisor, but still---if she were to have a break down in the office with me, she'll depend on me to go out feeling better. And that's certainly not the worse thing that could happen!
I'm nervous, but also excited. And after talking to her today on the phone to set the date, I felt kinda reassured.
I can do this. I just need to breath in and breath out.
Doesn't mean I'm not thinking and feeling like I have one of the most importants exams in life.
This is the time when we'll see if I'm cut for it. This is when I get to try my abilities.
Yeah, I already have a 15yo patient, but it's so different... I have a partner that is there with me every session, someone I can plan things with and check my impressions and decisions with--- now? it's all on me. I'll have to report and discuss my planning with a supervisor, but still---if she were to have a break down in the office with me, she'll depend on me to go out feeling better. And that's certainly not the worse thing that could happen!
I'm nervous, but also excited. And after talking to her today on the phone to set the date, I felt kinda reassured.
I can do this. I just need to breath in and breath out.
Doesn't mean I'm not thinking and feeling like I have one of the most importants exams in life.