Be careful with him if he is JUST a psychiatrist. Most of them usually only dispense drugs. I refer to my psychiatrist as my drug pusher, because all she does is write prescriptions for me, after 10 minutes of pointless small talk. She used to try and "counsel" me, but I put a stop to that once it seemed her main interestwas that it was weird that my favorite soda was Mountain Dew (honestly, who the hell cares?) She laughs at the exposure therapy I'm doing, and tries to up my dosage over every little bit of anxiety. I hate her. I just get my scrips and leave. My therapist, who is an intern working on his Masters in Counselling, is the one who does my therapy once a week, and he IS helping me. At this point though, my brain chemicals are still whacked out, so I need the meds. Hopefully one day I can dump them.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom. - Marilyn Ferguson
Habituation always defeats fear. - Edmund Bourne