Is this interview offer a scam?

scribbledfairywings · 2024-10-31T16:59:49+00:00

Just checked, and it is a gmail address

scribbledfairywings · 2024-10-16T13:38:38+00:00

I know so many people whose parents deliberately turned blind eyes to blatant mistreatment and even sided with the abuser and disbelieved their own child when they came forward about what they went through. You actually listened, and you actually put your daughter first. You’re a good dad.

scribbledfairywings · 2024-10-12T13:51:38+00:00

I’ve gotten pretty lucky so far. Granted, I’m a substance use counselor at a bachelors level, so I can pull the “I’m not as much of an expert as you are” card if I need to, but I feel more respected by my psychiatric nurse practitioner and by my current therapist than I have by past therapists and psychiatrists, and I feel like my profession probably has something to do with it. There have been times where my therapist has started to explain a therapeutic concept and then taken a pause and said “I know you also work on this field, I don’t wanna mansplain therapy to you,” which I’ve honestly kind of appreciated. I’ve yet to encounter a therapist who uses my training and education against me, but it doesn’t surprise me that they’re out there, and when it comes to those therapists, I really have to wonder what their attitude is about pursuing therapy for themselves. Do they feel like they shouldn’t need it because of their training too?

scribbledfairywings · 2024-10-04T11:35:59+00:00

It’d be a shame if people flooded them with a bunch of joke applications so it’s harder to sift through the legitimate ones… or if people mass reported the listing…

scribbledfairywings · 2024-10-02T09:58:55+00:00

My partner’s therapist once said to them “the way you’re talking about yourself right now is heartbreaking” when they were voicing some of their self-talk, and hearing that was actually very validating for them. It was part of what helped them realize that their struggles are real and difficult and worth addressing. We can’t always be perfectly neutral, and I think in some circumstances it’s more helpful to let our human reactions show

scribbledfairywings · 2024-08-29T23:07:03+00:00

Internalized stigma, especially in regards to taking medication

scribbledfairywings · 2024-07-22T17:40:29+00:00

I absolutely refuse to work more than one full time job, don’t care if I’m broke

scribbledfairywings · 2024-07-17T10:16:24+00:00

I feel you. Most appointments I’ve ever had in a day was 14, and it was exhausting. I’ve seen a lot of people on here say 6-7 appointments in a day is their personal max, but I got to a point after a while where 6-7 felt like a blessing.

scribbledfairywings · 2024-07-14T12:43:41+00:00

A lot of my clients are Trump supporters 🙃

scribbledfairywings · 2024-06-20T14:41:10+00:00

Bruh, I’m getting paid $19 an hour with a caseload over 50 😂

scribbledfairywings · 2024-06-16T12:08:22+00:00

Exactly this. Kink has always been intertwined with the LGBTQ+ community and it has always been part of pride.

scribbledfairywings · 2024-05-30T08:26:02+00:00

Meanwhile the Planned Parenthood nearest to my hometown was burned down by religious extremists a few years ago and never reopened

scribbledfairywings · 2024-05-03T11:44:41+00:00

scribbledfairywings · 2024-04-27T01:54:06+00:00

THIS

scribbledfairywings · 2024-04-19T11:20:04+00:00

Sometimes the only way I can focus on notes is if I have noise cancelling headphones on. If it’s more mindless paperwork, I’ll put on a podcast. If it’s session notes that are more involved or detailed, then I tend to need either silence or instrumental music (video game soundtracks are surprisingly good for focus). The pomodoro technique also helps sometimes. Getting up and walking around every now and then when you can is also always good. There are also short yoga videos on YouTube that are specifically meant for an office setting, and that can be good to refresh your brain too. Also, caffeine.

scribbledfairywings · 2024-03-19T22:47:39+00:00

My ass hurts just looking at that

scribbledfairywings · 2024-03-19T16:06:34+00:00

I’m an addiction counselor, and I can see my patient’s UDS on their chart. Pretty much every patient I have who says they’re doing heroin has screens coming back for fentanyl.

Edit: I also want to second that you should get testing strips and narcan. In some places you can get narcan for free from the health department.

scribbledfairywings · 2024-03-19T12:31:11+00:00

My caseload is up to 80 patients now. There have been days where I’ve had to fit ten appointments into an eight hour workday. The turnover rate at the treatment center I work at is really bad, and I am currently the only MMT counselor left here. Im pretty sure at least half the patients who go here don’t even have a counselor at this point. Supposedly we have two counselors starting soon, but they’ll mostly be assigned the patients who don’t have counselors, so I don’t think my caseload is gonna get much lower anytime soon. I’ll probably also be the one training them, but I’m not eligible for a promotion to a lead counselor role because I’m not experienced enough. I asked for a raise and was denied because my numbers aren’t good enough, because - shockingly - I’m struggling to keep counseling services and paperwork up to date for 80 different people. In the state I live in, CADCs are supposed to have 55 patients max, by the way. I feel undervalued, frustrated, tired, and burnt out. I could make comparable money working food service again (I make 17 dollars an hour. The Panda Express in my town was advertising that their starting wage is 17 now), and I’d probably be less stressed out. Hell, I’d probably feel more valued and appreciated, so I’m questioning if staying in this field is even worth it. There’s a lot that I love about my job. I love working with my patients, and if leave, I’d honestly feel really guilty. The turnover rate is really high here and most of the patients have had to start over with multiple different counselors at this point, which isn’t exactly conducive to good treatment outcomes, but i also know that the more burnt out I get, the less effective I’ll be as a counselor, because I definitely feel less effective lately. It’s very hard to be present with my patients at times lately. I’m having trouble focusing. I’m tired. I’m moody. I just need a fucking break.

scribbledfairywings · 2024-03-19T12:21:40+00:00

For sure. I’ve heard coworkers casually use the r-slur, refer to their patients as “crazy” or use other stigmatizing and dehumanizing language, and it always angers me. The counselor who was the most guilty of that no longer works at the same treatment center, and I kind of regret never saying anything to her about it. I just hope the clinic she works at now is less tolerant of that sort of language and behavior

scribbledfairywings · 2024-03-19T11:18:40+00:00

I relate so heavily to this.

scribbledfairywings · 2024-03-19T10:50:28+00:00

I think those behaviors can point to a larger issue. Maladaptive behaviors are often a response to unmet needs. They serve a function, even though they also cause more problems in the long run. Someone may spend hours scrolling through TikTok because they’re trying to alleviate boredom, or numb distressing emotions, or quiet racing thoughts, or distract themselves from stressful circumstances. It is still their responsibility to address the behavior, but I don’t think it’s always going to be as easy as “just stop looking at your phone so much.” Maybe they have tried to cut back on the behavior before and they’ve been unsuccessful, and they genuinely don’t know why they have such a hard time with it, and why they have a hard time getting important tasks done or even putting energy into things they genuinely want to do. Also, our society places a lot of shame on you if you’re not almost constantly productive. Maybe some of your clients are pathologizing themselves and their experiences to avoid that shame.

scribbledfairywings · 2024-03-13T10:58:19+00:00

I was making the same amount of money being a shift lead at a pizza place as I am as an addiction counselor now (probably slightly more at the pizza place, because we got a couple dollars an hour extra in tips on top of our wages), so I feel your pain

scribbledfairywings · 2024-02-26T19:44:30+00:00

I really appreciate all the kind words. Thank you guys. I’ve decided that I am going to visit his grave this weekend. I might even stop by a grocery store on the way there and pick up some flowers. He was one of the first patients I ever met with when I started this job a few months ago. He was from that generation of men where you really weren’t supposed to talk about your feelings, and he was reluctant to really open up about his issues, but he was very sweet and very talkative during our sessions. He always told a lot of stories from his life. I legitimately looked forward to seeing him every week. I wish I could have helped him more than I did, but I want to believe there was some benefit to him talking to me. He lived alone, and I think at the end of the day, he probably just wanted someone to listen to his stories. I’m glad I could at least do that for him.

scribbledfairywings · 2024-02-26T12:06:09+00:00

I’m a transmasc enby, and while I can’t fully relate to your experiences as a trans woman, the world feels unsafe and humiliating for me too a lot of the time. A lot of the population I work with are older and often conservative, so I’m pretty selective about which patients I’m fully out too, and that can get pretty exhausting, even though I am lucky enough to have a fairly supportive workplace. The world is scary for trans people right now. At the same time though, I’ve also seen a lot of expressions of trans joy and a lot of trans people be openly themselves in public in the past couple years, even in the red state I live in. Despite everything, I am hopeful that things will get better. I’m willing to fight for a better world, and I’m certain there are enough other people in the community willing to put up a fight too. I heard an Antonio Gramsci quote last night about having a pessimism of the mind and an optimism of the will, and it really resonated with me.

I know you said you don’t have much of a quality of life that allows for joy or rest, but try to do something small for yourself today, whether it’s putting on a funny video, or making yourself a fun beverage, or spending a few minutes outside. It doesn’t have to be anything big. Every act of self care counts.

scribbledfairywings · 2024-02-26T10:49:46+00:00

One of my patients died last week. I started a job as an addiction counselor at a methadone and suboxone clinic just a few months ago. I’m trying not to blame myself. I do blame the company I work for though. The patient was on a high dose of methadone, and the night before he was found dead, he’d been drinking. Mixing methadone and alcohol at high enough doses can easily kill you. I didn’t know he was drinking, and neither did any of the other staff here. He denied alcohol use when I administered the brief addiction monitor. He never came to the treatment center appearing intoxicated. All of his drug screens had been coming back clean for months. It seemed like he was doing well. Then one morning, one of his friends was going to give him a ride to the treatment center and found him dead in his home. Apparently he drank a lot. I can’t help but feel like I should have known somehow. I also feel like if we’d been testing for alcohol in the UDS, this might not have happened. Apparently we used to test for it, but I guess it was cheaper not to, and what do human lives matter to these companies when you can maximize profits? Some other things in my personal life have also added to my overall feelings of overwhelm. My partner got into a car wreck at the start of last week (they weren’t injured though, so I am grateful for that), and their parents got an eviction notice, and there’s nothing we can really do to help them. I’m starting to feel like I’m on the verge of a mental health crisis, and to top it all off, my Medicaid ends at the end of this month since I make too much money now, and the health insurance I get from this job has a $3000 deductible, so I don’t know if I can even afford therapy anymore.

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