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Offline Dea

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Therapist Psychologist or Life Coach?
« on: February 14, 2012, 09:15:34 PM »
I posted my story on here a while back and did not really get a whole lot of help from it, but it did make me decide that getting a job here where i live is not the  best choice for me and i need to move back to where i want to live, the issue is is that if i go back there for collage i have no idea what i would want to do with my life. People have sim a spammerested a trade school which is all fine and good but that presents a choice in major that i really am unsure of. I have never had a lot of drive in my life, i just sort have lazed around and never been passionate about many things due to always being told i could do anything, but requiring some type of restraint in anything i do.

I like having boundaries in my life, it is that reason that i am having such a hard choice in deciding what to do with my life due to being worried those boundaries i implement with one degree will close me off from another. But that is neither here nor there nor the issue that i wanted to ask about. The issue facing me now is i know i need help to figure out what i want out of life, once i get that answered everything else can be taken care of internally but this is currently the biggest issue that i face. I am just unsure who i would need to talk about it with so i submit the question Therapist Psychologist or Life Coach? which one would allow me to vent the things i need to and help figure out what i want to do with my life.

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Therapist Psychologist or Life Coach?
« on: February 14, 2012, 09:15:34 PM »

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Re: Therapist Psychologist or Life Coach?
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2012, 11:51:39 PM »
Why not both? If you can, go in for a session with both and see what approach works better for your specific situation. Nothing is right for everyone, and it's really up to you what you feel will make you successful. I'm sorry if I wasn't more help, but that choice between the two is really up to you. I would sim a spammerest taking an "aptitude test", though I hate the term people use for them, to see what sort of careers line up with your interests and strengths. That could at least help narrow down your field of study.

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Re: Therapist Psychologist or Life Coach?
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2012, 08:40:57 PM »
the issue with both is the fact that i am limited by what my current insurance will cover and i do not want to need to pay out of pocket

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Re: Therapist Psychologist or Life Coach?
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2012, 07:16:34 AM »
Why don't you figure out what specifically your insurance will cover and run from there? Either one would be a fine option to go with.

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Re: Therapist Psychologist or Life Coach?
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2012, 06:32:41 AM »
I have the same problems with things, I have a therapist I see when I can afford him. Making the money is a pain as a college student in debt from loans. I hope you can find a way to do so, consider this as a ray of hope. You have health insurance I don't even have that heh.  :D
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Re: Therapist Psychologist or Life Coach?
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2012, 07:13:36 AM »
Doctors offices, especially mental health/therapy offices, well at least the office staff, will work with you to bill your insurance for what they pay. They understand insurance companies are uncontrollable greedy bastards..... Oops sorry.... ;D  and most will work with you on it. Don't just blurt it out, ask what it covers and say you really need this. Mine covered drug addiction. ONLY. No personal or couples therapy. Yet they paid for my marriage counseling.   My insurance company probably thinks I'm some sort of drug addict now that I think about. LOL Oh well! Ha
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