the dilemma of opening up
I've been told that I don't get very personal (very often) in here. When I do, I usually keep it vague enough to be factually useless despite the emotional TMI. I tend to write about things that happen in my life or in the world, I post memes, or I ask questions of my readers to get away with not actually having to say anything. Some of my posts
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I had always wanted to work with children, adolescents, and families, and I guess I should clarify that I still do. Though now that I do that work, I also realize what a treat it is to work with a garden-variety neurotic depressed adult. It's so much easier! When they're all hard cases, the work is exceptionally draining and (for me) a recipe for burnout.
I started out specializing in trauma/family violence/abuse. Then I found out that I was also really good with depression. Now, I'm also working with Autism spectrum kids (which I never had any interest in, honestly, but now seems like it could be a really good fit for my energy and my high-affect personality).
I still feel like I have a calling to work with victims/survivors (whatever your semantic preference) of trauma, and I love that treating depression comes intuitively on top of my training. I'm good at trauma, and I get it, but it's hard on me emotionally. I'm good with depression too, and it isn't so draining. I also really like working with people with personality disorders, especially borderlines, which I know is weird as most psychologists hear BPD and immediately refer them out, but as rewarding and exciting as that is, it is also very draining, just like trauma work. Ideally, I'd like to have engineer a practice with a healthy mix so as to not get too overwhelmed.
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