Hi Grandy & DB, & everyone.
I like the idea of using a voice recorder, or even the voice memos thing on my iPhone, if it was easy, one- step to get started. Except I still am very nervous when using a microphone I'm aware I'm using. I seem to pretty much exempt my iPhone's microphone when I ask Siri. & on my te'e's remote for asking some commands by voice. Maybe I could be okay doing more by voice. But I get nervous making notes, leaving voice messages when phoning people, even if I was to make a brief shopping list.... Otherwise I think it's a great idea. You only need to know where your little voice recorder is & press a button, or it might be voice activated. No turning on lights or even getting up if you don't want to. 😺
& Grandy, I hope you were able to tell her how her manner felt to you. She ought to be monitoring herself better, & realising how her manner & choice of words may be recieved by her clients. It will help them become better counsellors / therapists if they understand how heir way of talking & behaving towards clients is so very important to how you feel you are percieved by them. I'm sure you don't want someone who thinks of you as a child. You are an adult, & have a right to be treated as an adult, with respect & dignity.
You don't have to actually go back to see her. Write a letter, & explain how you felt when she said or did ..... . like that, some examples.
Of-course, she still might not get it, like that other PDr I had problems with, but trying to express your own experience of their 'treatment' is useful anyway. I am glad I tried to tell him how I felt under his 'care', & I"m glad I did that much. Whether or not he ever learned to treat his patients with respect & consideration is something I don't expect to ever know. I hope so, for his patients' sake.
DB, what's a 'BV thingy'?
All my best, including some warmth from SE Qld,
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️,
mmMekitty
