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UPDATE: I spoke with my AME. When I explained the situation to him and his head nurse, they thought it was just a little bit silly of me to book the consult, as they don't think this is going to be problematic at all; because the reason for the diagnosis is just billing-related, as my therapist...

UPDATE: I've done some more research and I've decided to have a consult with my AME, which I've scheduled for next wednesday. If he says my outlook is grim, I think that I will pursue Basic Med before my 3rd class Medical expires so I can continue to fly GA as a hobby.

Reading the full question 19, I still don't think my therapist falls under that. The closest thing on there would be psychologist, which she is not. My state's laws details that as an LPC, she practices as an "independent practitioner"

I didn't think my therapist qualified for that, as she isn't a doctor, just a counselor, and question 19 also says to ONLY report counseling if related to substance abuse or a psychiatric condition.

I didn't report the therapy visits because they weren't related to substance abuse or a psychiatric condition, or at least not to my knowledge. I verbally told the AME I went to talk therapy and he seemed to have no issue with it.

Hey everyone; I'm a newly minted PPL w/ a 3rd class medical that I got in September of 2021. I've been going to weekly talk therapy with a LPC-MHSP since about August of 2021. I discovered in my last session that she had diagnosed me for insurance purposes with "anxiety - unspecified" and that...