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bipolarmedstudent · Apr 20, 2012, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by newtus

that is kinda what makes me ask.
ive been turned down more by therapists because of my diagnosis. and i wonder if so many turn me or others away how much experrience do they actually have with people dealing with it. i was wondering how to tell. im ebarrased to ask. my therapist only mentioned 1 client one time. and gave me a small story about a colleague they have that had a patient that had a psychotic disorder diagnosis.

so yours doesnt even if it was ONE time in SOME way in their whole life??? do you live in the US? im actually jw about that. but im turned down more by therapists because of my Dx. and never gotten one off meds (understandable) they require me on meds or no therapy. for a minute im forgetting how lucky i am to she took me and still is with me because im not on meds. sillingly enough i need to cherish this moment hah (

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um anyway. also been hospitalized 9 or 10 times in 9 years. basically almost once a year. lots of heavy heavy trauma.

Don't take it personally. As you suspect, the reason that many therapists have turned you down is that they lack the training and experience to help people with psychotic disorders. If a therapist doesn't have the training to help you, the most responsible thing to do is to turn you down. In fact, it would be very irresponsible to treat you if he or she doesn't feel confident in their ability to do so.

I think you would probably have better luck with:
- psychiatrists who do talk therapy (my pdoc does talk therapy and I LOVE her)
- clinical psychologists (with PhD/Psy D) who have worked in a psychiatric hospital

Both psychiatrists and clinical psychologists who have worked in psych hospitals will have lots of training and experience with patients who have psychotic disorders.

But from everything you have told me, it sounds like you have a great T? Are you looking for a new T or something?