Thanks for the feedback on how to use the psychologist. You make good arguments for keeping her on hold for use with the coparenting plan.
Of course that means I'd be looking for IC#3 since the separation. I could try either another psychologist who has been recommended by a personal friend (and I have some medical coverage for a few sessions of that) or I could try phone facilitation of doing The Work, or alternating between the two. Avermont tried doing The Work with a facilitator and she found it very powerful, though she didn't replace IC with it.
The IC's insights leave me feeling a bit like I'm a broken person. I remember when I stopped counselling years ago and just felt like I was sick of being a fix-it project and I wanted to just try the idea that I am good enough as I am. But I'm back to feeling that there are changes that I want to make, and I want support in doing that. Maybe I need to look at something totally different like CBT.
me: 42 | STBXH: 41 | T: 18 | M: 10 | separation: Jan 3, 2010 | they deserve better: S7 & D4 current thread: http://tinyurl.com/3y8sxcp .: first breathe, then heal, then start LIVING :.