Posted by alexandra_k on February 11, 2005, at 19:41:09
In reply to Re: p-doc and coming assessment » Pfinstegg, posted by Pfinstegg on February 11, 2005, at 19:26:34
> Oh, I didn't realize that she won't be working with you. Will she choose someone good for you?
She doesn't get to pick. She just writes a report for community mental health. Something like this:
For all these reasons.....
I give her this / these diagnosis...
And in light of that I would reccomend that you guys pay for someone to work with her x number of sessions per month / fortnight / week for round about x amount of time.Then we have to see if there is anyone in private practice in this region who will work with me.
That is a further issue. There might not be anyone.
My p-doc says he can think of a few people who might be interested. Ironically, a couple of them work part time for community mental health and part time in private practice. He said that on community mental health time there are enough potential clients for clinicians to 'pick' the 'easy' cases, or the cases they find most satisfying or whatever. They won't pick me up on community mental health time but he seemed fairly sure they would pick me up in private practice time.
That doesn't help me feel too good.
And he is typically full of b*llshit anyways, so who knows...But if I don't do the assessment I am stuck with charming but hopeless p-doc who says 'sure I don't mind working with you seeing as nobody else will' but forgets to turn off his cellphone and pager or forgets to turn up or whatever...
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