reader, I think as long as the two therapists have defined areas to work on, it should be fine. If they are both working on exactly the same things with you as each other, then it could get confusing and actually be counterproductive. At the same time I was seeing my regular therapist, I also began seeing a family therapist for sessions with my daughter. I did tentatively ask my individual therapist (who is also a family therapist) to see us, but he said he thought it best we saw someone else, and he provided me with a great referral. (He had already seen me and my former husband in couples therapy and felt he was perhaps serving too many roles for me, plus he did not have a strong expertise in working with adolescents, which is something I felt was important.) So my daughter and I went to this other family therapist and it worked out really well. I also saw this T a couple of times on my own. I had no problem managing these different therapists' contributions. We were working on different issues. I did sometimes talk to my own T about things going on with my daughter or with the family therapy, and it was helpful to discuss this with him. Both therapists knew about the other one's role. My T also suggested at one point that I could go to a different therapist for specific help with ADHD as he didn't have that expertise, so I don't think he has any problem with clients seeing more than one practitioner if they need to. (I did not go to the ADHD therapist.) Reader, I think as long as your two Ts work on different things with you and they both know about each other, it should be fine. I agree--you wouldn't want to have to hide anything from your Ts. Good luck!
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