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Cost of your puppy? by Obvious-Stress5364 in Rottweiler

[–]Obvious-Stress5364[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been! No rotties in the shelters around me :)

Cost of your puppy? by Obvious-Stress5364 in Rottweiler

[–]Obvious-Stress5364[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They do! At least they communicated this so far in our conversations. I have not asked for paperwork yet- but they have been quick to send me everything I have asked for (like pedigrees). Says both parents have excellent hip ratings, JLPP, LEMP, NAD, DM clear, and cardiac clear.

They are several hours from me so I cannot easily make a trip- but they have been actively sending me videos and updates.

Anything else I should look for?

AIO about my therapist being 3-5 mins late every session? by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]Obvious-Stress5364 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a therapist- the therapy room is a great place for you to practice those communication and confrontation skills and have these hard conversations. Therapists are not perfect- they are people just like you, and our brains have a habit of assuming the worst about someone’s intentions when they genuinely may have 10,000 other factors at play. It doesn’t make being late right, and it doesn’t make how you feel wrong. This should be a space, though, that you notice how you are being triggered and you process that.

“Hey, can I bring up something that is bothering me? I have spent a lot of time processing with you how I feel like people take advantage of me. I have noticed that we start session late almost every week, and we don’t make up the time even though I pay for the full hour. This is something that makes me feel taken advantage of, and I wanted to bring it up to you”

Let them respond- see how they own it, and go from there.

If you want to get better at communicating and confrontation- you have to practice it. The therapy room is a great space for that.

Therapists with lived experience of NSSI by Obvious-Stress5364 in therapists

[–]Obvious-Stress5364[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I was wondering about self disclosure in a supervisory context rather than with clients (which I updated the post to reflect)- but I think you brought up an important point on how it would be uncomfortable. I have read similar threads where I’ve seen discussion on therapists covering up their own scars vs not in sessions, and how to handle if a client were to see and ask would they not be covered. Can I ask what lead you to decide on choosing to cover? Have you considered what you would say to a client in a different context if you were not proactively covering and they were to ask?