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Old Jan 06, 2010, 01:30 AM
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Or she could have been acting professional and trying not to put pressure on you to keep her for therapy. Because it is your choice and your right to choose a different therapist if you want to. It's about you, not about what she might want.
That's what I thought too. You didn't tell your psych nurse that you were considering seeing another therapist and wanted her input on that. You told her you were already seeing another therapist and were going to terminate with her. Maybe she felt, "it's a done deal, what is there to discuss?" You already made up your mind and took action. I agree she may just have been doing her best to be professional. One of the things it says in all the informed consent forms for the therapists I (or other family members) have seen is that the client has the right to terminate therapy at any time (they are not forced to be there). So I think when a client says they are terminating, the T tries to be respectful. It is one of those things the state requires be in the informed consent, so it's important that they respect the client's right to self determination on that. When my daughter and I terminated with our family therapist, he was very respectful of our decision. He was a little taken aback initially, but he took a moment to recoup (he looked at the ceiling for a while), then he turned to work with us for the rest of the hour and help bring the relationship to a close. Very professional and respectful.

Martina, the good thing is, that you are continuing to see this nurse for your meds, so you will have later opportunities to return to this and process with her, if you want.
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