Hey Tishie,
About 6 years ago i was going to therapy for anxiety and ADHD. Then I was assaulted at work. Then we upped my visits for PTSD (I had a limited number of visits a year with my insurance and I was almost to the limit already)

I fought with worker's comp for a few weeks, and they said the only way I would qualify was if I had PTSD. My therapist contacted them and gave the diagnosis. Then worker's comp decided it didn't happen at work (even though the police report said it did) and would not pay for anymore therapy visits.

Then, the next day, on the way to therapy I had to stop at the DA's office to drop off some paper work. The Assistant DA wanted to ask me a few questions, and made me hang around and miss my therapy appt.

I drove straight to my therapists, 30 minutes late, and rescheduled. The lady behind the sliding window was very rude and informed me that if it happend again, I would not longer be able to be seen at that clinic (they go with the 2 strike method). I told them where I had been and why, but it didn't matter.

The combination of everything, the feeling that my therapist was abandoning me (even though I knew she wasn't the one who did it, but it is how I felt at the time), worker's comp not paying, I couldn't go back to work - I can never step foot in that place again, no money, no way to pay our bills, everyone knowing what happened (I lived in a small farming village of 300 people), that is what drove me to lock myself in my room for a month. That is why I didn't continue my therapy.

I think it was horrible. Definelty not the type of situation where you want to threaten the patient.

I would have gone. I wanted to go. I was on my way to go. But, I didn't have a handy cell phone to call with at that time (or 24 hours notice), so that was it. But, I still paid for the time slot.

And, to make it worse, I forgot my rescheduled appt, because I was locked in my bedroom thinking the whole world had turned against me, and nothing would ever be okay again.

Sorry that was so long. The point wouldn't make sense without the backstory.

mj