Lost My Job and Doubting Myself

[BonesMS]

Where I work is also starting to gear up the Winter Homelessness Shelter Program.  This is going to be its second year so it will be interesting to see what different things will work.

Bones

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Oh Bonesy-

What a thrill to hear about the little boy and his recovery- it is so sweet and funny that instead of languishing in a hospital, he is pouting at school!!! Thank you for that update, you angel of the downtrodden- there are going to be some dancing prayer ladies when I bring the news!

Love,

Changing

[BonesMS]

Oh Bonesy-

What a thrill to hear about the little boy and his recovery- it is so sweet and funny that instead of languishing in a hospital, he is pouting at school!!! Thank you for that update, you angel of the downtrodden- there are going to be some dancing prayer ladies when I bring the news!

Love,

Changing

Thanks, Changing!   

Bones

[BonesMS]

I'm still trying to figure out how to deal with the certification/licensure issues.  I like this job but it cannot provide for the clinical hours I need.  I don't want to find myself dealing with another situation similar to the job I left where they play fast and loose with the COMAR Regs and I STILL don't get the clinical hours I need and lose the opportunities at the current job that I like.  Plus, I have not been able to find a facility, close to home, that is willing to follow the COMAR Regs where trainees are concerned.    Feeling stuck about what to do.

Bones

[Ami]

Sorry,Bones----- I know that it must be really,really frustrating----- to the max.
(((((((((((((((((((((((Bones)))))))))))))))))))                      Love    Ami

[BonesMS]

Sorry,Bones----- I know that it must be really,really frustrating----- to the max.
(((((((((((((((((((((((Bones)))))))))))))))))))                      Love    Ami

Thanks, Ami.

Bones

[BonesMS]

I'm still trying to communicate with the licensing Board regarding meeting the requirements to become licensed or certified.  They sent me a list of Board-approved supervisors.  However, I soon discovered that the list that was sent to me is outdated.  I sent another e-mail to the Board regarding this recent discovery and....no response.  I called today, to follow up on the e-mail, and....I get told to call back later.  This is getting more and more frustrating trying to meet the state requirements.

Bones

[Ami]

Whenever you try to deal with the government ---it is like trying to get a license( frustrating). Sorry,dear Bones, I really am.                   Ami



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[BonesMS]

Whenever you try to deal with the government ---it is like trying to get a license( frustrating). Sorry,dear Bones, I really am.                   Ami



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Thanks, Ami.

Dealing with bureaucrats is frustrating when trying to get a straight answer.

Bones

[BonesMS]

Finally spoke with the individual who sent me the outdated list only to be informed that it's my "problem, figure it out yourself".  It appears that the barriers to get the required clinical hours is insurmountable when given information that is worthless.

Bones

[changing]

Hi Bonesy-

Sorry you are seeming to be running on a hamster wheel! Have you ever read "The Castle" (Kafka)- the story shares a little psychological twist  with your situation that makes  your dilemna all the more perplexing!!!! I know that there must be another way to approach the answer, rather than trying to force that wacko to provide information as required. Perhaps a high-class medical school or graduate school would know (please forgive my ignorance if I am off-base here)- they sometimes set up externships and such. Perhaps the local medical or psychological association (ditto the prior disclaimer)-Do you know someone who has recently completed the clinical hours?
Ruminate a bit, and you will figure things out, with or without the nutty "individual"!!!

Love,

Changing

[BonesMS]

Hi Bonesy-

Sorry you are seeming to be running on a hamster wheel! Have you ever read "The Castle" (Kafka)- the story shares a little psychological twist  with your situation that makes  your dilemna all the more perplexing!!!! I know that there must be another way to approach the answer, rather than trying to force that wacko to provide information as required. Perhaps a high-class medical school or graduate school would know (please forgive my ignorance if I am off-base here)- they sometimes set up externships and such. Perhaps the local medical or psychological association (ditto the prior disclaimer)-Do you know someone who has recently completed the clinical hours?
Ruminate a bit, and you will figure things out, with or without the nutty "individual"!!!

Love,

Changing

Thanks, Changing.

Before I completed graduate school, I had many discussions with them about this issue.  Because the graduate school is in another state, they really could not assist with this issue in Maryland.  I have not been able to talk to others who are doing their clinicals or recently finished their clinicals.  I've also been looking at myself, from a global perspective, and have also been recognzing that I have been struggling with other areas that impact my ability to interact in person, which, in turn, impacts my ability to connect with the right people to achieve the goal of getting licensed or certified.  Given that I have been studying psychology, and looking at other factors (i.e. premature birth, history of substance dependence in several generations on both sides of the family, neurological birth defects, etc.), I've been researching the possibility of maybe dealing with undiagnosed Asperger's Syndrome.  (The condition wasn't really known until about 1995 and there are quite a few high-functioning people who have managed to also graduate with Masters degrees and there is an individual, with Asperger's, competing on America's Next Top Model, so if this is another puzzle piece that has been missing, there might be hope.)  I also look at what happened to Ms. Bacharach, the daughter of Angie Dickinson and Burt Bacharach.  She may have been struggling with similar issues until she just finally gave up.  I'm still researching this possible factor.  If my gut instinct is correct, that may help me understand the why's of a lot of things. 

Can you imagine the combination of a disabled child being raised by an Nparent who hates that child because she is not perfect, especially if the child has been struggling with an undiagnosed neurological issue that the Nparent chose to ignore because she preferred that the child never existed in the first place?  UGH!

Bones

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Bonesy-

You are so very wonderful, I really adore you and just want to shake some sense into anybody who makes you feel anything other than loved and admired. How everyone even remotely connected to you isn't proud of you and enamored, just shows the stupidity of the human animal- what they are missing is priceless. It is so sad about the girl you spoke of- she worked so hard to earn her degree (was it architecture?) and to make a life -love, acceptance and integration into society should be a birthright- it is soul murder to force anyone who is different into the shadows- like a Twilight Zone episode. We have to work to change our society and world for the better.
Maybe you can go and hightail it over to a graduate school in the vicinity, or even call there? There will be an externship office or something similar, and someone wil share the information you need. I can be shy, too, but there is a need for you to do the work you have been called for- so don't give up, stride past the shyness, and you will find the key to solving the problem.

Love,

Changing

[Ami]

Just thinking of you .Bones, and sending you the best.                       Love   Ami
   

[BonesMS]

Bonesy-

You are so very wonderful, I really adore you and just want to shake some sense into anybody who makes you feel anything other than loved and admired. How everyone even remotely connected to you isn't proud of you and enamored, just shows the stupidity of the human animal- what they are missing is priceless. It is so sad about the girl you spoke of- she worked so hard to earn her degree (was it architecture?) and to make a life -love, acceptance and integration into society should be a birthright- it is soul murder to force anyone who is different into the shadows- like a Twilight Zone episode. We have to work to change our society and world for the better.
Maybe you can go and hightail it over to a graduate school in the vicinity, or even call there? There will be an externship office or something similar, and someone wil share the information you need. I can be shy, too, but there is a need for you to do the work you have been called for- so don't give up, stride past the shyness, and you will find the key to solving the problem.

Love,

Changing

Thanks, Changing.

I'm still looking into what options are available around where I live.

Bones