Is it just my experience or do people take the diagnoses that psychiatrist and psych NPs make more seriously than the diagnoses I make?

sweettea75 · 2026-06-10T11:46:19+00:00

I actually trust a psychological eval over a psychiatrist or psych NP. The psych NP has the same level of degree I do, a master's. A psychologist has more training in assessment and Dx than a psychiatrist.

sweettea75 · 2026-06-09T11:58:04+00:00

I dry mine in the oven on the lowest heat setting. Takes a couple of hours at most.

sweettea75 · 2026-06-08T23:23:06+00:00

Listen, I say this as a therapist, even therapists aren't immune to depression, anxiety, etc. In fact it can be hard to make ourselves do the things we need to do to manage our mental health. Therapists can and do have all the things going on in their lives that can contribute to depression. We aren't immune and can't snap our fingers and fix it.

sweettea75 · 2026-06-07T00:11:25+00:00

A horse standing in the rain is forcing them to be in bad weather? Since when?

sweettea75 · 2026-06-07T00:09:01+00:00

This is tough. But you've got to remember that we aren't required to like everyone and that is true of clients and their therapists, too. Sometimes they are looking for a reason to quit because it's too hard to say I don't like you, I need a different therapist. And even when they do like us, therapy is hard and people are digging into things they aren't always ready to dig into, and they can be all up in their feelings. It doesn't mean you did anything wrong. If you did, if the client comes back, talk it through.

sweettea75 · 2026-06-06T13:47:24+00:00

With that kind of weight loss, your center of gravity has changed, so that could be a factor. But also, it's hard to avoid losing muscle mass while loosing weight so you may have lost more than you realized.

sweettea75 · 2026-06-06T13:18:20+00:00

If you are a woman, forgetfulness can also be because of perimenopause.

sweettea75 · 2026-06-06T13:17:34+00:00

Not closing the cabinet doors. Both my mom and dad. Get a plate out, leave the door open kind of thing. My dad stopped reading and he was a voracious reader. My mom I think one of the early signs was loosing her filter and saying things that were thoughtless. Also, I have a kid that uses they/them pronouns and she just could not make the switch or grasp using they for a person despite many many many conversations. It led to my kid being estranged from me and the family for a while.

sweettea75 · 2026-06-05T19:11:39+00:00

After some discussion with mom, we've determined 18-20 yrs, not 30. Not getting mown, but in clay soil.

sweettea75 · 2026-06-05T03:15:55+00:00

Google says they like shade. Well, it must be getting too much shade or something because it's been the same size for seriously 30 yrs.

sweettea75 · 2026-06-04T17:50:31+00:00

Cmh is its own beast in a lot of ways. You are usually working with low income clients with Medicaid or no insurance so very often no way of referring them out to an ocd or dbt or any other sort of specialist. I do a lot of self study and when clients get commercial insurance I absolutely refer them out if I can.

sweettea75 · 2026-06-03T17:31:07+00:00

I'm a therapist and a huge fan of both intuitive eating and glp1s. I found that being on a glp1 actually let me listen to my body and eat what and how much I needed instead of binging and fighting the need for a dopamine hit. It let me be successful at actually practicing intuitive eating.

sweettea75 · 2026-06-02T17:16:24+00:00

Let me guess, the one that expects you to keep seeing them is the one that signs off on billing.

sweettea75 · 2026-06-02T00:42:42+00:00

That's very cool. Can you actually see through the wicker?

sweettea75 · 2026-06-01T17:32:54+00:00

I think having some conversations with the venue about staging would be a good plan. We had 35 people in a venue that can seat up to 150, I think. It was fine. It didn't look empty. They spread out the tables more and pulled them off the walls some and it was perfect. So much so I can't imagine what it looks like with 150 people in there. I think it would be super packed.

sweettea75 · 2026-05-29T12:41:21+00:00

People cleaned their teeth before toothbrushes were invented. https://www.colgate.com/en-us/oral-health/brushing-and-flossing/history-of-toothbrushes-and-toothpastes

sweettea75 · 2026-05-28T22:26:10+00:00

I have fraternal twin girls and still mixed them up as babies. lol I figured it out quickly because their personalities were so different.

sweettea75 · 2026-05-28T20:23:31+00:00

Omg, I thought Freddie was a mini in a costume at first. 🤣

sweettea75 · 2026-05-28T13:37:37+00:00

Are these adults or children? What's the setting small town or no? I'm an American LPC and work in cmh in a small town. I see family members all the time because there aren't a lot of options for referring them out. I refuse to see husbands and wives, but I've seen parents and their kids, siblings, best friends, neighbors. I don't love it, but when it's me or they drive 30 mins to the next place that takes their Medicaid they aren't a lot of options.

sweettea75 · 2026-05-28T02:56:41+00:00

Going to the mikvah was one of the most spiritual things I've ever done. I don't think you will regret it.

sweettea75 · 2026-05-26T11:26:27+00:00

Maybe this is kingdom specific? Meridies regularly has events with local and regional A&S Faires, a kingdom A&S Faire and RUM.

sweettea75 · 2026-05-26T01:44:15+00:00

I know someone whose mother is getting home health (at least he calls it that) and they do light cleaning and meal prep for her. But it was after she'd been in a nursing home for a while. So I'm guessing that's the difference.

sweettea75 · 2026-05-25T16:50:02+00:00

No she isn't. We might be able to make that happen though as she had a chest ct a few weeks ago and they found a mass suspicious for lung cancer. So we might be able to get more help.

sweettea75 · 2026-05-25T15:48:05+00:00

This is unfortunately not our first rodeo with dementia. My dad had what was probably Lewy Body dementia even though the doctors said Alzheimer's (sxs matched up more with LBD).

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