Advice on a psychologist?
hi folks,
I've been a quadriplegic for just over 30 years and I've mostly been a lurker here. I've made a few posts. I've had my ups and downs, probably more downs than ups unfortunately but I'm still here and trucking along.
it seems things are getting gradually worse for me for a variety of reasons I won't get into here and a friend suggested that perhaps I should go see a therapist (psychologist). I went through some counseling for a little while after I was injured but then I moved and never really got involved with that again. This counseling that I initially had was actually a friend of the family who just happened to be a psychologist. Of course things were quite a bit different way back then. I was still a teenager, thought this was probably temporary, and wasn't as receptive to listening. None of that is the case now though. I wish I could say I had somebody in my life that I could talk to so I wouldn't need anything like this but unfortunately I don't.
But I don't even know where to begin when it comes to something like this. In many respects quadriplegics have to deal with many different things that others simply don't so I'm not sure if just any psychologist will do. Are there ones that even specialize in something like this? If so where do I look for them? And do they take Medicare? Or am I overdoing this and is there other resources I should look into first?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. :-)
Paul
I've been a quadriplegic for just over 30 years and I've mostly been a lurker here. I've made a few posts. I've had my ups and downs, probably more downs than ups unfortunately but I'm still here and trucking along.
it seems things are getting gradually worse for me for a variety of reasons I won't get into here and a friend suggested that perhaps I should go see a therapist (psychologist). I went through some counseling for a little while after I was injured but then I moved and never really got involved with that again. This counseling that I initially had was actually a friend of the family who just happened to be a psychologist. Of course things were quite a bit different way back then. I was still a teenager, thought this was probably temporary, and wasn't as receptive to listening. None of that is the case now though. I wish I could say I had somebody in my life that I could talk to so I wouldn't need anything like this but unfortunately I don't.
But I don't even know where to begin when it comes to something like this. In many respects quadriplegics have to deal with many different things that others simply don't so I'm not sure if just any psychologist will do. Are there ones that even specialize in something like this? If so where do I look for them? And do they take Medicare? Or am I overdoing this and is there other resources I should look into first?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. :-)
Paul
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