Martina, therapists are used to this sort of thing, so I think she will react professionally. I think it will help you get closure if you do express your gratitude for all she has helped you with. Hopefully, you can continue the relationship and see her for your prescriptions. Although you did say she doesn't listen to your concerns about medication side effects....
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Originally Posted by Martina
He told me I need to tell her, for a lot of reasons, but also so he can talk to her about me and get a history.
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It is not required when changing therapists for the therapists to talk to each other. Your new T can take a history by talking to you directly. In general, if old and new Ts talk, I would be worried the new T would be influenced by the old T's diagnosis and not have an open mind and make his own diagnosis, which might be different. If you don't want the two of them to talk, you needn't give your permission. You could just tell him you would be happy to answer any of his questions. If he is uncomfortable with this, I would wonder if he lacked confidence in his diagnostic skills.
Good luck.