Going into this, I didn’t really know what to expect, but it was an opportunity that came along just when I was starting to dip again with my mental health and anxieties.
I had already experienced 12 sessions of counselling the preceding 12 months, but unfortunately everything I felt I gained fell to the way side due to life events that really weren’t in my control.
Working with Tracy, allowed me to find that positive mind set again. Give me the tools to focus and look for the positive in even the down situations to help me onwards towards forwards with intention.
The relative nature of the sessions really appealed to my neurodiversity as I always knew what was going to happen and in what order. The structure is nice and easy to follow which makes engaging in it easier. The nature of the sessions meant that it was solution focused and building on the here and now. Accepting the past and acknowledging it, but not allowing it to control me and be the focus of what we were trying to achieve .
Week in week I found I was moving up my scale, with a few bumps, but life of course not linear… and week on week my list positive actions and wins grew and grew.
I could spend more and more time in the logical part of my brain to let me cope with life’s hurdles and deal with my worries and fears, not only helping me, but also my family who quickly saw a happier mummy who was calmer and better able to deal with the jumps in the road.
A side spin from this too has been using some of the metaphors in my day to day practice as a doctor who come with mental health worries and my own personal experience has improved my dealing with these patients and stopped me taking on their problems as my own, and the analogies have helped me smooth out my explanations to patients dealing with mental health issues and made me an even better clinician.
