Quote from: Julie Marie on July 29, 2006, 09:12:25 AM
Congratulations Steph! How wonderful to be certifiable! As far as that sentence (it's the RLT right?), I always thought therapists wouldn't write the letter until you've completed the RLT, or is there something I am missing?
As far as your choice in surgeons I think you've done well. A friend of mine had her surgery by Brassard last January and hearing her talk about every aspect of her experience was like a dream. Everything was wonderful. Someday I will be heading up there.
As far as the letters go, it's the surgeons who are really enforcing the SOC and the 1 year RLT, not the therapists. If you look in the SOC you will see that there is no time line associated with therapy, in fact psychotherapy is "Not an Absolute Requirement for Triadic Therapy". So a therapist could write a letter with a diagnosis of GID and recommending surgery after one visit.
I saw two therapists. One on a monthly basis, who provided the diagnosis and recommendation for surgery, and I saw the other therapist once every 4 months, and she also concurred with the first therapist, and each provided a letter before my one year RLT was completed. I then simply contacted the clinic in Montreal, faxed them all my paper work, they verified them, and offered me a date, all before my RLT was complete. I think the best thing to do is to contact the surgeon you plan to deal with and find out exactly what their requirement is as i know that each is a little different.
The requirement for letters as laid out in the SOC is under section 5 of the standards found
here.
Hope this helps
Steph
