2 Mentor Log: 1 hour

I went to see my therapist again Friday, Jan. 23. I think this time is valuable mentor hours because I can also step out and take a look at the job of a psychologist. I know first hand what therapy is like and how it works.

For me therapy just seems like a game of 21 questions. Not to say therapy isn't affective for alot of people, or even for myself, but in the beginning it's just question after question. They have to get to know you and your characteristics before they can get to the root of your problems and help you.

I suffer from bipolar II disorder, which causes me to have hypomanic and depressive episodes. In my depressive episodes I would cut, it was my only way of dealing with pain. So in therapy my psychologist got to the root of why, how it started and ways to stop it. Now it is no longer an issue in my life. Therapy can really help with people who have mental disorders. With the combination of therapy and medicine I have been able to go about life normally. Some people may have to be in therapy for years or even for life, while others can grow from the process and go on. In my therapy sessions we tend to loose things to talk about because my progress has gone so well. So my psychologist now starts to set my sessions farther and farther apart and I will eventually be done altogether. When done right, therapy and therapist are great solutions to a mental disorder and to help patient who are suffering live a normal and healthy life.