Hi there!
It's Kati again
thanks for checking back
today's topic
is something that, it's a question I guess that I've gotten from you guys
and I wanna
say thank you to all my followers on Twitter
all the people who are asking questions and following me on Tumblr
and all of the people who subscribe to my youtube channel
so keep giving me the feedback and keep bringing in the questions
and this particular question today
comes from one of my followers on Twitter
and her question was
how do I get
treatment
well I don't have any money
for treatment
that's a really good question
it's truthfully something that as
a clinician
I'm aware of it but I haven't thought that the information isn't a really
out there to you guys
so what what
what my advice would be
is if you're gonna see
If you are talking for outpatient therapy you're gonna see someone like me
you're gonna see a dietitian
when you give them a call to set up that first appointment
like I talked to you about making that first appointment I know we
can be nervous
but truthfully it's over the phone
they don't see you they don't know who you are
you don't even have to leave your name yet
all you have to do is call in
and say
I'm just curious do you work on a sliding scale
now in the clinicians my in my mind
that means
your low on funds and you want to know
if I'm willing to work with you
truthfully, for me
ten times out of ten I'm going to say, "yeah I'll work with you."
because
for me
I just want to help
you I want to be there to support you I know I have to support myself but
there's, we can always reach an agreement something you're comfortable with something
they're comfortable with
but that way you know that before you get in the office before you're sitting
there
and at the end of the hour they're like that's going to be two hundred dollars
and you're thinking
my mother's going to kill me
how am I going to explain why I spent two hundred dollars
don't even make it to that point
ask that question first
do you work on a sliding scale
so that's my first tip
Just for outpatient basis and you can ask that for a dietitian as well
and they'll you know
do the same thing that a therapist would do
the second thing is if we want to go to an outpatient facility now I know I
called
therapy outpatient this is when you actually go to a treatment center and
have groups
we have the outpatient like a PHP and an IOP program for any of you who have
those
little acronyms you know of and an inpatient program
and that's where you actually live at the facility and I know that I think
the question was actually geared towards those particular types of treatment
and this is something that
if I
if any of my co-workers heard this they'd be like "I can't believe you said that"
but, it's not something they tell you about it's not something that they put on their website
but they'll help you
I've even seen clients come through
who are fully scholarshiped into the program
if you need help and you can't afford it they have money aside for that
they know that that happens
one instance that comes to mind right before uh...
it was right before christmas time
and this particular client's
husband
decided to stop paying
"I'm not paying anymore!"
because
through the dealing with her eating disorder it brought up difficult
situations for him difficult topics he didn't want to talk about
so he pulled the funding
they sponsored her
through the rest for treatment
they can do that. Ask.
Now the ownness is on you to ask the hard questions I know it's embarrassing and nobody
likes to say I don't have money for this but
if you want to get help
like you tell me you want help
ask the questions it's ok we expect it treatment is expensive
I know it is!
trust me!
so just ask do you do scholarships do you do discounts
you know is there any way we can work this out
see what they have to say
they might say no but
they might say yes
You've got nothing to lose
now the last
little tip I'll give you on ways to get treatment when there's no money
right now
you're looking at it
I'm talking to you you're listening to me I'm listening to you
we're communicating
there are helpful sites out there
you choose to get on a thinspo site you choose to go proana you choose to
sit on
tumblr and just commiserate with people about how you're
you're losing more weight you're doing this and unhealthy activity and guess what
why?? why?? you want to get better that's free help
this is free help
it's out there, there's a lot of it
I'll be putting below some sites that
you might find helpful I have
some sites that are good for you to find
different professionals
that specialize in eating disorders cause I know that can be really tricky
and also just some positive sites
I have some people that I talk to
that are running similar things to me
that are filled with helpful recovery focused information
recovery focused
there's so much crap out there guys
and we worry so much about how much we put in our bodies
do you ever think about what you put in your brain?
If I'm watching like angry violent information all day I think I leave
let's say it's at work right let's say I have to watch these videos if I leave I will feel
full of rage and
why would I put that information in?
garbage in garbage out we've heard that forever right so
let's put positive things in
choose
to go to the right sites remember my other video about taking
responsibility
take responsibility
you're making a choice when you click I know it takes like a split second but
you've made that choice
give yourself, a breath
think for a second
click something else. Right?
maybe you can call that friend you know is positive versus delving into the
the sickness again
So, let me know how that goes let me know if that's helpful
so it kinda gives you
a little bit of guidance along each step
but don't forget to utilize the internet I'm here and I'm putting out videos every week
I respond
to your questions your comments hit me up on twitter follow me on tumblr
tumblr gives you a lot more space to write questions and stuff so if you have
something that's really long
use that space
ask me, get help!
we're here for that
that's what I want to do right
so let's keep working together
one step at a time
towards a healthy mind and a healthy body