Itinerantdaughter's Blog

I may never have been so happy for it to be Friday in my life. If I were tech savvy enough, I’d make a video of the peanut-butter-jelly-time banana, the smoking toddler from China (?) and the Hipster Hitler doing a celebratory dance for this week being OVAH! (Then obvi it would go viral.) Unfortunately I can’t, but you’re welcome for the mental image. What’s in my future this weekend? TWO DAYS OF PIZZA!

Excuse me for BLOGGING too much recently, but I just thought of something kind of genius (not SUPER genius, though) –– remember when it was a fad a few years ago for Asian schoolgirls to write books on their cell phones? Well, I’m thinking that if people starting writing longer pieces –– how this would happen, I can’t envision, but where there’s fad technology, there’s a way –– via Twitter, the resulting would be called TWITERATURE!

“Well, lady,” he said to her, “are you an artist too?”
“No,” said Miss Goering. “I wanted to be a religious leader when I was young and now I just reside in my house and try not to be too unhappy. I have a friend living with me, which makes it easier.”

~ Two Serious Ladies by Jane Auer Bowles

Email from _____ to me (and undisclosed recipients) at 4:26 PM, Monday, October 24th (this is the second email I’ve received from this person)

Hi Everyone,

Mimi and I are having another open gym this Sunday, OCT 30th from 1 – 3 PM. Would love for you to come and play. If you have any teammates, friends, sisters, etc. that want to come play as well they are welcome. Let me know if you can make it. See you soon!

Sincerely,

___

website

phone (Orange/San Diego County area code)

From me to ____, 6:05 PM

Please update your address book –– I am not the person you’re trying to reach.  I live in New York City, I don’t have sisters and I don’t go to the gym.

So this morning on the subway I was looking over my shoulder as some lady was typing an email on her telefono intelligente (I don’t know why I felt that needed to be Spanish) and this is a pretty close approximation of the note:

Subject: Doctor O

Hi cutie,

I really think you should go see Doctor O.  I’ll be happy to pay for it –– I’ll consider it an investment (I think you can get her down to $125/hr.)  [Something platitudinous after this…]

So given the quotation of an hourly rate, I’m guessing this is about a psychiatrist or a mental health professional of some sort, and a Google search of Dr. O’s in NYC provides the following match:

Dr. S. O.

I’m a Clinical Psychologist who’s been in private practice for almost 15 years. My basic training is psychodynamic in nature, though I’ve worked extensively as a Dialectical Behavior Therapist (DBT), and it’s informed my practice of therapy enormously. Originally developed to treat patients with ‘Borderline Personality Disorder,’ DBT is also immensely helpful to those suffering a wide range of emotional disturbances, including depression, anxiety, anger management problems, eating disorders, difficulties with close relationships, and difficulties in the work place. It’s a treatment where the therapist is interactive and “real”, and the treatment process is de-mystified.

My working style is an integration of both of DBT, and my psychodynamic foundations. Classified as a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), DBT has a didactic component where patients are essentially taught important life skills (core mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and emotion regulation). Many find this aspect of DBT extraordinarily helpful.

I integrate the helpful techniques from DBT into my primarily psychodynamic practice. A session is a collaborative process. I am not silent and distant, but actively involved. My style is warm and direct. Patients often say early on that they feel very comfortable with me, and well understood.

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Ah, the cutie is Borderline!  That is… super unfortch.