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02 Jul 2023 08:58 PM
02 Jul 2023 08:58 PM
02 Jul 2023 08:59 PM
02 Jul 2023 08:59 PM
Maybe your regular has run out of ideas? LOL. @Birdofparadise8 .
Do I sound repetitive too? Tell me, honestly. I won't get offended.
It's actually good they provide you with a regular to speak to and for so long.
Maybe you can use it as a chance to even debrief about what is happening for you right then and there?
02 Jul 2023 09:01 PM
02 Jul 2023 09:01 PM
Oh yeah, that's silly me. I can read messages, right.
No, you're very helpful, and you do say things to me which is good @creative_writer. You have a positive impact on me.
02 Jul 2023 09:06 PM
02 Jul 2023 09:06 PM
Yeah, well, we have been speaking for the past eight months nearly weekly, if not sometimes twice a week.
I guess you can as well. You suggest me do the self-compassion and challenging thoughts, but I don't know. Maybe I'm just not ready to do it and need to try something else, which I don't know what it would be.
Yes nowhere else does it. It would be a good thing for SANE to do like the GS and KHL ways of regular chats combined but in SANE @tyme.
Do you mean when I talk to her?
02 Jul 2023 09:07 PM
02 Jul 2023 09:07 PM
How long was for both how many session, as well as the duration @Birdofparadise8 . . You can can answer whichever way.
So you've mentioned 30-90 mins.
So how many session do you get?
02 Jul 2023 09:10 PM
02 Jul 2023 09:10 PM
As many as I want till I am 25 years old.
It is mostly once a week, but when I was really suicidal, it was like every day for that week.
At the moment, we have been talking about once or twice a week. Though I don't speak to her again till the 11th as I have a busy week next week with work and my Mum comes over for the ballet on Saturday.
02 Jul 2023 09:13 PM
02 Jul 2023 09:13 PM
That's a pretty awesome service @Birdofparadise8 ! There must be a huge need for it.
Guided Service is very new. Ideally, we would want to be able to provide unlimited sessions, but then, resourcing will be a challenge. It's very interesting how KHL are able to do it.
Does everyone get to have a regular? Or do you apply?
02 Jul 2023 09:18 PM
02 Jul 2023 09:18 PM
Yeah it's pretty good.
You can have regular and ad hoc sessions as needed for crisis support. Like my file, I know there is a file in there that I need when I am in a "crisis".
My regular has mentioned she sees others regularly so a lot must do it.
When others might just call for a one-off.
I didn't have to apply or anything. She just mentioned to it once I decided who I wanted to be my regular then she told me she would and we could have the regular sessions.
02 Jul 2023 09:21 PM - edited 02 Jul 2023 09:25 PM
02 Jul 2023 09:21 PM - edited 02 Jul 2023 09:25 PM
02 Jul 2023 09:23 PM
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