I've had two appointments now candy.....
She is so lovely, and it was such a relief to tell her the whole picture, so to speak. I tell my dh and my mum 'bits' as to be honest if i said and i worry about x x x x, and x x x and feel like x x x and xxx and also x x x they would think I was crackers! I cried a couple of times too, but I think it was because I was getting some help and i trusted she could get me better.
She firstly just asked me about myself, my family and ages of children etc, where i work and what i do, hobbies, bit of a health histoy, basic stuff to build up a picture of me. And also a bit of a picture about the cause of it and how i felt about things. It really was just a chat, and she gave me some relaxation homework to do.
The second week i took some things written down as i realised i had missed things. Things about not sleeping, what i worry about, problems (like not wanting to answer pphone), work issues etc. But i felt really good doing this, like to put it ALL down on paper was like a confession, and it was all there, and nothing else, just all on one bit of paper. So now she will deal with the things on the list for me too.
Counselling really was the best thing i have done candy. xx