Therapized until stunned

As follows, a list of fifteen therapists i have attended over the years (since age thirteen).

1. Social worker who looked like Judy LaMarsh (Federal cabinet minister under Pierre Trudeau). Age thirteen-fourteen - My parents thought i was crazy but, really, all that was happening was, i was being sexually molested by their son-in-law and starting to drink and do drugs in response.

2. Psychiatrist after I left my daughter's biological father - around age twenty-two. I moved to another city only after three or four visits and his final prescription (which he wrote on a presc. pad and handed to me) - "Write".

3. Dr. K - bummer psychiatrist. Disappointing because of how motivating previous one was (in Toronto).

4. A whacky M.D. turned therapist: the "love guru". Hitting pillows with tennis rackets, all that stuff.

5. Lifestream - a personal development group. Broke down alot of barriers for me.

6. Two spiritual directors. One, incredibly bad and the other, a blessing.

7, Heather B. - one of the dearest young women i have had the pleasure to know. Helped me identify myself as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Very hip, cool, wise and professional.

8. Nonie - excellent psycho-drama. Fabulous woman.

9. Father Leo - MSW - good, open inquiry. Very grounding. Very together guy with liberal views regarding faith and sexuality.

10. Denise in KW - A guided Christian method. Enh. Good intentions though. In the end i truly did believe that my mother did the best she could with what she had.

11. Richard - public counseling service. Marital counsel with ex-husband. Unprofessional and totally barking up wrong tree. Simplistic views.

12. Woman from CHS (Canadian Hearing Society). Put stress and hearing loss together. Some simplistic methods (given who she was dealing with) but a good listener. Identified PTSD.

13. MSWs from HOWEWOOD - mental health facility in Guelph, ON. Very helpful.

14. MSW from Hospital. Nice woman. Wrong track. Misled me (and hampered my recovery) with wrong diagnosis.

15. Really CRAPPY private MSW. Yuk. Bad taste in mouth about ALL therapists. Made decision not to go to therapy anymore.

16. Tried once more - in dire straits. One session - Jungian fellow. Looked like Freud. Blah, blah, blah, talk, talk, talk - goes nowhere. One session. Too cheap to pay 110 an hour for such self-absorption. Wanted me to come every week....hahahahah.